worketh

Does labor, archaic

Worketh is an archaic third-person singular form of work, using the -eth ending that was standard in Early Modern English.

It appears primarily in the King James Bible and other religious or historical texts: Faith worketh by love.

Outside of biblical quotation or deliberate archaism, the form is obsolete.

archaic-labor

toil

Strenuous, prolonged effort

labourStrenuous effort expended
drudgeryHard, boring work
sweatMoisture from skin pores

endeavor · strive · exertion · diligence · industry · perseverance · craft · tillage · husbandry · servitude

biblical

scripture

Sacred religious writings

verseMetered poetic passage
psalmSacred scriptural song
proverbTraditional saying expressing truth

epistle · sermon · righteousness · faith · grace · salvation · patience · tribulation · spirit · charity

archaic-function

causeth

Archaic: brings about

producethGenerates, biblically speaking
bringethArchaic third-person brings
makethArchaic form of creates

moveth · yieldeth · buildeth

Opposites

activity vs inactivity

workethsleepeth

Old English for dozes

linguistic register (archaic vs modern)

workethworks

Functions or labors

labors · toils · operates · functions · grinds

function/dysfunction

workethbreaketh

Archaic third-person shatters

Phrases

worked outSuccessfully determined or solved
worked upEmotionally aroused, upset
shift workerPerson working set periods
hard workerIndustrious, dedicated person
worked throughAddressed and resolved fully
worked onApplied effort toward

Family

worked, worker, workers, networked, reworked, overworked

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