KJV dictionary & concordance

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:2

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Luke 13:14

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And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Luke 13:14 · retained source text

And the ruler of the Synagogue answered with indignation, because that Iesus had healed on the Sabbath day, and said vnto the people, There are sixe dayes in which men ought to worke: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.

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Genesis 2:2 Genesis 2:3 Genesis 5:29 Exodus 5:9 Exodus 5:11 Exodus 5:18 Exodus 12:16 Exodus 14:31 Exodus 18:20 Exodus 20:9 Exodus 20:10 Exodus 23:12 Exodus 24:10 Exodus 25:18 Exodus 25:31 Exodus 25:36 Exodus 26:1 Exodus 26:31 Exodus 28:6 Exodus 28:8 Exodus 28:11 Exodus 28:14 Exodus 28:15 Exodus 28:22 Exodus 28:32 Exodus 31:4 Exodus 31:5 Exodus 31:14 Exodus 31:15 Exodus 32:16 Exodus 34:10 Exodus 34:21 Exodus 35:2 Exodus 35:21 Exodus 35:24 Exodus 35:29 Exodus 35:32 Exodus 35:33 Exodus 35:35 Exodus 36:1 Exodus 36:2 Exodus 36:3 Exodus 36:4 Exodus 36:5 Exodus 36:6 Exodus 36:7 Exodus 36:8 Exodus 36:35 Exodus 37:17 Exodus 37:22 Exodus 37:29 Exodus 38:24 Exodus 39:3 Exodus 39:5 Exodus 39:8 Exodus 39:15 Exodus 39:22 Exodus 39:27 Exodus 39:32 Exodus 39:42 Exodus 39:43 Exodus 40:33 Leviticus 11:32 Leviticus 13:51 Leviticus 16:29 Leviticus 23:3 Leviticus 23:7 Leviticus 23:8 Leviticus 23:21 Leviticus 23:25 Leviticus 23:28 Leviticus 23:30 Leviticus 23:31 Leviticus 23:35 Leviticus 23:36 Numbers 4:3 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Chronicles 28:20 1 Chronicles 29:1 1 Chronicles 29:5 1 Chronicles 29:6 2 Chronicles 2:7 2 Chronicles 2:14 2 Chronicles 2:18 2 Chronicles 3:10 2 Chronicles 4:5 2 Chronicles 4:11 2 Chronicles 5:1 2 Chronicles 8:9 2 Chronicles 8:16 2 Chronicles 15:7 2 Chronicles 16:5 2 Chronicles 24:12 2 Chronicles 24:13 2 Chronicles 29:34 2 Chronicles 31:21 2 Chronicles 32:19 2 Chronicles 34:12 2 Chronicles 34:13 Ezra 2:69 Ezra 3:8 Ezra 4:24 Ezra 5:8 Ezra 6:7 Ezra 6:22 Ezra 10:13 Nehemiah 2:16 Nehemiah 2:18 Nehemiah 3:5 Nehemiah 4:6 Nehemiah 4:11 Nehemiah 4:15 Nehemiah 4:16 Nehemiah 4:17 Nehemiah 4:19 Nehemiah 4:21 Nehemiah 5:16 Nehemiah 6:3 Nehemiah 6:9 Nehemiah 6:16 Nehemiah 7:70 Nehemiah 7:71 Nehemiah 10:33 Nehemiah 11:12 Nehemiah 13:10 Job 1:10 Job 7:2 Job 10:3 Job 14:15 Job 23:9 Job 24:5 Job 34:11 Job 34:19 Job 36:9 Job 36:24 Job 37:7 Psalms 8:3 Psalms 9:16 Psalms 28:4 Psalms 44:1 Psalms 58:2 Psalms 62:12 Psalms 64:9 Psalms 74:6 Psalms 77:12 Psalms 90:16 Psalms 90:17 Psalms 92:4 Psalms 95:9 Psalms 101:3 Psalms 102:25 Psalms 104:23 Psalms 111:3 Psalms 115:4 Psalms 119:126 Psalms 135:15 Psalms 141:4 Psalms 143:5 Proverbs 11:18 Proverbs 16:11 Proverbs 18:9 Proverbs 20:11 Proverbs 21:8 Proverbs 24:27 Proverbs 24:29 Ecclesiastes 2:17 Ecclesiastes 3:11 Ecclesiastes 3:17 Ecclesiastes 4:3 Ecclesiastes 4:4 Ecclesiastes 5:6 Ecclesiastes 7:13 Ecclesiastes 8:9 Ecclesiastes 8:11 Ecclesiastes 8:14 Ecclesiastes 8:17 Ecclesiastes 9:10 Ecclesiastes 12:14 Song of Solomon 7:1 Isaiah 2:8 Isaiah 5:12 Isaiah 5:19 Isaiah 10:12 Isaiah 17:8 Isaiah 19:9 Isaiah 19:14 Isaiah 19:15 Isaiah 19:25 Isaiah 28:21 Isaiah 29:14 Isaiah 29:16 Isaiah 29:23 Isaiah 31:2 Isaiah 32:6 Isaiah 32:17 Isaiah 37:19 Isaiah 40:10 Isaiah 41:24 Isaiah 43:13 Isaiah 45:9 Isaiah 45:11 Isaiah 49:4 Isaiah 54:16 Isaiah 60:21 Isaiah 61:8 Isaiah 62:11 Isaiah 64:8 Isaiah 65:7 Isaiah 65:22 Jeremiah 10:3 Jeremiah 10:9 Jeremiah 10:15 Jeremiah 17:22 Jeremiah 17:24 Jeremiah 18:3 Jeremiah 22:13 Jeremiah 31:16 Jeremiah 32:19 Jeremiah 32:30 Jeremiah 48:10 Jeremiah 50:25 Jeremiah 50:29 Jeremiah 51:10 Jeremiah 51:18 Lamentations 3:64 Lamentations 4:2 Ezekiel 1:16 Ezekiel 15:3 Ezekiel 15:4 Ezekiel 15:5 Ezekiel 16:10 Ezekiel 16:13 Ezekiel 16:30 Ezekiel 27:7 Ezekiel 27:16 Ezekiel 27:24 Ezekiel 33:26 Daniel 11:23 Hosea 6:8 Hosea 13:2 Hosea 14:3 Micah 2:1 Micah 5:13 Habakkuk 1:5 Habakkuk 2:18 Habakkuk 3:2 Zephaniah 2:14 Haggai 1:14 Haggai 2:4 Haggai 2:14 Malachi 3:15 Matthew 7:23 Matthew 21:28 Matthew 26:10 Mark 6:5 Mark 13:34 Mark 14:6 Luke 13:14 John 4:34 John 5:17 John 6:28 John 6:29 John 6:30 John 7:21 John 9:4 John 10:33 John 17:4 Acts 5:38 Acts 13:2 Acts 13:41 Acts 14:26 Acts 15:38 Acts 27:16 Romans 2:15 Romans 7:5 Romans 8:28 Romans 9:28 Romans 11:6 Romans 14:20 1 Corinthians 3:13 1 Corinthians 3:14 1 Corinthians 3:15 1 Corinthians 9:1 1 Corinthians 15:58 1 Corinthians 16:10 2 Corinthians 9:8 Galatians 6:4 Ephesians 4:12 Ephesians 4:19 Philippians 1:6 Philippians 2:12 Philippians 2:30 Colossians 1:10 1 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Thessalonians 4:11 2 Thessalonians 1:11 2 Thessalonians 2:7 2 Thessalonians 2:17 2 Thessalonians 3:10 2 Thessalonians 3:12 1 Timothy 3:1 1 Timothy 5:10 2 Timothy 2:21 2 Timothy 4:5 2 Timothy 4:18 Titus 1:16 Titus 3:1 Hebrews 6:10 Hebrews 13:21 James 1:4 James 1:25 James 3:16 1 Peter 1:17 Revelation 22:12

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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.

2 · KJV context and cross-references

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)

work

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Definition evidence

Genesis 2:2

John 6:29

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

Webster 1828

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