Definition

to be active, efficient

Etymology

from G1756 (ἐνεργής);

Word family

• ἐνεργής energḗs

How the KJV renders it

• do
• (be) effectual (fervent)
• be mighty in
• shew forth self
• work (effectually in)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.