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work

Meaning of “work”

Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
419 occurrences379 verses52 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:2

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James 1:4
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But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 1:4 · retained source text

But let patience haue her perfect worke, that ye may be perfect, and entier, wanting nothing.

James 1:25
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But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 1:25 · retained source text

But who so looketh into the perfect Law of libertie, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

1611 marginal noteOr, doing.

James 3:16
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For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 3:16 · retained source text

For where enuying and strife is, there is confusion, and euery euill worke.

1611 marginal noteGr. tumult or vnquietnesse.

Complete reference index — all 379 verses
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Where “work” appears

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Genesis4 occurrences
3 versesExodus71 occurrences
59 versesLeviticus14 occurrences
13 versesNumbers16 occurrences
15 versesDeuteronomy13 occurrences
13 versesJoshua1 occurrence
1 verseJudges1 occurrence
1 verseRuth1 occurrence
1 verse1 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses1 Kings23 occurrences
17 verses2 Kings7 occurrences
5 verses1 Chronicles16 occurrences
16 verses2 Chronicles18 occurrences
18 versesEzra7 occurrences
7 versesNehemiah21 occurrences
19 versesJob11 occurrences
11 versesPsalms23 occurrences
22 versesProverbs7 occurrences
7 versesEcclesiastes15 occurrences
13 versesSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah32 occurrences
30 versesJeremiah16 occurrences
15 versesLamentations2 occurrences
2 versesEzekiel13 occurrences
11 versesDaniel1 occurrence
1 verseHosea3 occurrences
3 versesMicah2 occurrences
2 versesHabakkuk4 occurrences
3 versesZephaniah1 occurrence
1 verseHaggai3 occurrences
3 versesMalachi1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew3 occurrences
3 versesMark3 occurrences
3 versesLuke1 occurrence
1 verseJohn10 occurrences
9 versesActs8 occurrences
6 versesRomans8 occurrences
6 verses1 Corinthians7 occurrences
6 verses2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseEphesians2 occurrences
2 versesPhilippians3 occurrences
3 versesColossians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Thessalonians2 occurrences
2 verses2 Thessalonians5 occurrences
5 verses1 Timothy2 occurrences
2 verses2 Timothy3 occurrences
3 versesTitus2 occurrences
2 versesHebrews2 occurrences
2 versesJames3 occurrences
3 verses1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation1 occurrence
1 verse

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

John 6:29

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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To perform. ... To labor. ... To be in action or motion. ... To act; to carry on operations. ... To operate; to produce effects by action or influence. ... To form by labor; to mold, shape or manufacture. ... To bring into any state by action. ... To make by action, labor or violence. ... To produce by action, labor or exertion.

volume 2, leaves 941-942, columns 3-1 (intransitive and transitive verb entries, bounded clauses)

Webster 1828

Open source edition ↗

Labor; employment; exertion of strength. ... That which is made or done. ... Action; deed; feat; achievement. ... Operation. ... Effect; that which proceeds from agency.

volume 2, leaf 942, columns 1-2 (noun entry, bounded senses)