Strong G2040ἐργάτης
worker
- Transliteration
- ergatēs
- Pronunciation
- er-gat'-ace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G2041; a toiler; figuratively a teacher: - labourer worker (-men).
Detailed definition
ἐργάτης, -ου, ὁ
(ἐργάζομαι, which see), [in LXX: Wis.17:17, Sir.19:1 40:18, 1Ma.3:6 *;]
1. prop., a field labourer, husbandman: Mat.9:37-38 20:1-2, 8, Luk.10:2, Jas.5:4 (cf. Wis, l.with).
2. Generally, a workman, labourer: Mat.10:10, Luk.10:7, Act.19:25 (opposite to τεχνίτης), 1Ti.5:18; of Christian teachers, 2Co.11:13, Php.3:2, 2Ti.2:15.
3. a worker, doer: τ. ἀδικίας, Luk.13:27 (cf. 1Mac, l.with).†
(AS)
(ἐργάζομαι, which see), [in LXX: Wis.17:17, Sir.19:1 40:18, 1Ma.3:6 *;]
1. prop., a field labourer, husbandman: Mat.9:37-38 20:1-2, 8, Luk.10:2, Jas.5:4 (cf. Wis, l.with).
2. Generally, a workman, labourer: Mat.10:10, Luk.10:7, Act.19:25 (opposite to τεχνίτης), 1Ti.5:18; of Christian teachers, 2Co.11:13, Php.3:2, 2Ti.2:15.
3. a worker, doer: τ. ἀδικίας, Luk.13:27 (cf. 1Mac, l.with).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2040 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- labourer9
- worker3
- workman2
- of1
- workmen1
First verses
- Matthew 9:37Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
- Matthew 9:38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
- Matthew 10:10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
- Matthew 20:1For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
- Matthew 20:2And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- Matthew 20:8So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
- Luke 10:2Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
- Luke 10:7And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
- Luke 13:27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
- Acts 19:25Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.
- 2 Corinthians 11:13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
- Philippians 3:2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
- 1 Timothy 5:18For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
- 2 Timothy 2:15Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
- James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐργᾰτ-ης, ου, ὁ,
workman, Hermes [NT (17.5 (from Delos), “NT.Mat.10.10”)], etc.; especially one who works the soil, husbandman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (γῆς ἐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.109, 5.6; οἱ ἐ. οἱ περὶ γεωργίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.32)]: absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 859, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “El.” 75)], etc.: also with substantive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (ἐ. ἀνήρ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.50; οὑργάτης λεώς)] the country-folk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 632)]; of animals, βοῦς ἐ. a working ox, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 39, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 563; ἐ. σφῆκες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 627b32)]; also ἐ. θαλάττης, of a fisher, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.11; ἐ. λίθων)] a stone-mason, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 2.)]
b in the religious sense, [NT (NT.2Tim.2.15, “NT.2Cor.11.13” (_plural_).)]
2 adjective hard-working, strenuous, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἐ. στρατηγός Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.18; σώφρων κἀ. Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Acharnenses” 611)]; opposed to ἀργός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthd.” 281c; φειδωλὸς καὶ ἐ. [prev\. author] “R.” 554a)].
II one who practises an art, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τῶν ἐν πολέμῳ Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.4)]; ἐ. δίκης, of a judge, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 128: _absolutely_)], practitioner in some special branch of surgery, e.g. lithotomy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐ. ἄνδρες 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Jusj.”)]
III doer, [NT+6th c.BC+ (ἄσημος οὑργ. τις ἤν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 252; τῶν καλῶν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 2.1.27; ἀνομίας Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “1 Maccabees” 3.6; τῆς ἀδικίας NT.Luke.13.27)].
IV producer, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (τῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ γινομένων 1st c.AD: Heraclitus 75; [Αἰὼν] θείας φύσεως ἐ. “SIG” 1125.12 (from Eleusis).)]
V a sort of capstan or windlass, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Bito Mechanicus 58.12, 1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 10.2.7, +others, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.4.1.)]
workman, Hermes [NT (17.5 (from Delos), “NT.Mat.10.10”)], etc.; especially one who works the soil, husbandman, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (γῆς ἐ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.109, 5.6; οἱ ἐ. οἱ περὶ γεωργίαν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.32)]: absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” 859, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “El.” 75)], etc.: also with substantive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (ἐ. ἀνήρ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.50; οὑργάτης λεώς)] the country-folk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 632)]; of animals, βοῦς ἐ. a working ox, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 39, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 563; ἐ. σφῆκες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 627b32)]; also ἐ. θαλάττης, of a fisher, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.11; ἐ. λίθων)] a stone-mason, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 2.)]
b in the religious sense, [NT (NT.2Tim.2.15, “NT.2Cor.11.13” (_plural_).)]
2 adjective hard-working, strenuous, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἐ. στρατηγός Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.18; σώφρων κἀ. Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Acharnenses” 611)]; opposed to ἀργός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthd.” 281c; φειδωλὸς καὶ ἐ. [prev\. author] “R.” 554a)].
II one who practises an art, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (τῶν ἐν πολέμῳ Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.1.4)]; ἐ. δίκης, of a judge, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 128: _absolutely_)], practitioner in some special branch of surgery, e.g. lithotomy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐ. ἄνδρες 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Jusj.”)]
III doer, [NT+6th c.BC+ (ἄσημος οὑργ. τις ἤν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 252; τῶν καλῶν Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Memorabilia” 2.1.27; ἀνομίας Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum “1 Maccabees” 3.6; τῆς ἀδικίας NT.Luke.13.27)].
IV producer, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (τῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ γινομένων 1st c.AD: Heraclitus 75; [Αἰὼν] θείας φύσεως ἐ. “SIG” 1125.12 (from Eleusis).)]
V a sort of capstan or windlass, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Bito Mechanicus 58.12, 1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 10.2.7, +others, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.4.1.)]