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Ephesians 4:28 - Labour

Ephesians 4:28 - Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Verse	Strongs No.	Greek	Strongs Definition
Let him that	G2443	ἵνα	[Conjunction] compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
stole	G2813	κλέπτω	[Verb] to filch
steal	G2813	κλέπτω	[Verb] to filch
no more	G3371	μηκέτι	[Adverb] no further
but	G1161	δέ	[Conjunction] but and etc.
rather	G3123	μᾶλλον	[Adverb] (adverb) more (in a greater degree) or rather
let him labour	G2872	κοπιάω	[Verb] to feel fatigue; by implication to work hard
working	G2038	ἐργάζομαι	[Verb] to toil (as a task occupation etc.) (by implication) effect be engaged in or with etc.
with his hands	G5495	χείρ	[Noun Feminine] the hand (literally or figuratively [power]; especially [by Hebraism] a means or instrument)
the thing which is good	G18	ἀγαθός	[Adjective] good (in any sense often as noun)
that	G2443	ἵνα	[Conjunction] compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
he may have	G2192	ἔχω	[Verb] to hold (used in very various applications literally or figuratively direct or remote; such as possession ability: contiguity relation or condition)
to give	G3330	μεταδίδωμι	[Verb] to give over that is share
to him that	G2443	ἵνα	[Conjunction] compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result)
needeth	G2192	ἔχω	[Verb] to hold (used in very various applications literally or figuratively direct or remote; such as possession ability: contiguity relation or condition)

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.

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Ephesians 4:28 - Labour

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