Strong's Lexicon
G2040 — ἐργάτης
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2040 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐργάτης |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2041 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 16 |
| Transliteration: | ergates |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | er-gat'-ace |
| Meaning: | 1. a toiler 2. (figuratively) a teacher |
| KJV Renderings: | labourer, worker(-men) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐργάτης, ἐργάτου, ὁ (ἐργάζομαι);
1. as in Greek writings a workman, a laborer: usually one who works for hire, Mat 10:10; Luk 10:7; 1Ti 5:18; especially an agricultural laborer, Mat 9:37; Matthew 20:1f, 8; Luk 10:2; Jas 5:4 (Wis 17:16); those whose labor artificers employ (i. e. workmen in the restricted sense), Act 19:25 (opposed to τοῖς τεχνίταις (A. V. craftsmen), Act 19:24), cf. Bengel at the passage; those who as teachers labor to propagate and promote Christianity among men: 2Co 11:13; Php 3:2; 2Ti 2:15, cf. Mat 9:37; Luk 10:2.
2. one who does, a worker, perpetrator: τῆς ἀδικίας, Luk 13:27 (τῆς ἀνομίας, 1Ma 3:6; τῶν καλῶν καί σεμνῶν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 27).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐργάτης (labourer)
Matthew 9:37
- KJV: Then saith he unto his disciples The harvest truly plenteous but the labourers few
- GK: τότε λέγει τοις μαθηταίς αυτού ο μεν θερισμός πολύς οι δε εργάται ολίγοι
Matthew 9:38
- KJV: Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into his harvest
- GK: δεήθητε ουν του κυρίου του θερισμού όπως εκβάλη εργάτας εις τον θερισμόν αυτού
Matthew 10:10
- KJV: Nor scrip for journey neither two coats neither shoes nor yet staves for the workman is worthy of his meat
- GK: μη πήραν εις οδόν μηδέ δύο χιτώνας μηδέ υποδήματα μηδέ ράβδους άξιος γαρ ο εργάτης της τροφής αυτού εστιν
Matthew 20:1
- KJV: For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man an householder which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard
- GK: ομοία γαρ εστιν η βασιλεία των ουρανών ανθρώπω οικοδεσπότη όστις εξήλθεν άμα πρωϊ μισθώσασθαι εργάτας εις τον αμπελώνα αυτού
Matthew 20:2
- KJV: And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day he sent them into his vineyard
- GK: και συμφωνήσας μετά των εργατών εκ δηναρίου τη ημέραν απέστειλεν αυτούς εις τον αμπελώνα αυτού
Matthew 20:8
- KJV: So when even was come the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward Call the labourers and give them hire beginning from the last unto the first
- GK: οψίας δε γενομένης λέγει ο κύριος του αμπελώνος τω επιτρόπω αυτού κάλεσον τους εργάτας και απόδος αυτοίς τον μισθόν αρξάμενος από των εσχάτων έως των πρώτων
Luke 10:2
- KJV: Therefore said he unto them The harvest truly great but the labourers few pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest
- GK: έλεγεν ουν προς αυτούς ο μεν θερισμός πολύς οι δε εργάται ολίγοι δεήθητε ούν του κυρίου του θερισμού όπως εκβάλλη εργάτας εις τον θερισμόν αυτού
Luke 10:7
- KJV: And 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
- GK: εν αυτή δε τη οικία μένετε εσθίοντες και πίνοντες τα παρ΄ αυτών άξιος γαρ ο εργάτης του μισθού αυτού εστι μη μεταβαίνετε εξ οικίας εις οικίαν
Luke 13:27
- KJV: But he shall say I tell you I know you not whence ye are depart from me all workers of iniquity
- GK: και ερεί λέγω υμίν ουκ οίδα υμάς πόθεν εστέ απόστητε απ΄ εμού πάντες οι εργάται της αδικίας
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