Bible Word Study - Work

Foundation Scripture

 (First Mention in the Bible)

Genesis 2:2 New International Version (NIV)

"By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work."

In this series we will try to bring some clarity to the falling questions.  What is the work of the Lord, work of the ministry, and work of the kingdom? How does work of faith and ministry of helps link up together?  What is a work of flesh and what work will be burned on judgement day? This will be a fantastic journey into word. Remember with all you getting get understanding (Proverbs 4:7).   

DEFINITION: Merriam-Webster

1 a : to perform work or fulfill duties regularly for wages or salary works in publishing b : to perform or carry through a task requiring sustained effort or continuous repeated operations worked all day over a hot stove c : to exert oneself physically or mentally especially in sustained effort for a purpose or under compulsion or necessity

2 : to function or operate according to plan or design hinges work better with oil

3 : to produce a desired effect or result : succeed a plan that will work

4 : to exert an influence or tendency

5 a : to make way slowly and with difficulty : move or progress laboriously worked up to the presidency b : to sail to windward

6 a : to move slightly in relation to another part b : to get into a specified condition by slow or imperceptible movements the knot worked loose c : to be in agitation or restless motion d : ferment 1

7 : to permit of being worked : react in a specified way to being worked this wood works easily

transitive verb

1 : to set or keep in motion, operation, or activity : cause to operate or produce a pump worked by hand work farmland

2 : to bring to pass : effect work miracles

3 : to solve (a problem) by reasoning or calculation —often used with out

4 a : to cause to toil or labor worked their horses nearly to death b : to make use of : exploit c : to control or guide the operation of switches are worked from a central tower

5 a : to carry on an operation or perform a job through, at, in, or along the peddler worked the corner a sportscaster hired to work the game b : to greet and talk with in a friendly way in order to ingratiate oneself or achieve a purpose politicians working the crowd worked the room

6 : to pay for or achieve with labor or service worked my way through college worked my way up in the company

7 a : to prepare for use by stirring or kneading b : to bring into a desired form by a gradual process of cutting, hammering, scraping, pressing, or stretching work cold steel

8 a : to fashion or create a useful or desired product by expending labor or exertion on : forge, shape work flint into tools b : to make or decorate with needlework; especially : embroider

9 a : to get (oneself or an object) into or out of a condition or position by gradual stages  b : contrive, arrange we can work it so that you can take your vacation

10 a : excite, provoke worked myself into a rage b : to practice trickery or cajolery on for some end worked the management for a free ticket