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Lexicon :: Strong's G2040 - ergatēs

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ἐργάτης
Transliteration
ergatēs (Key)
Pronunciation
er-gat'-ace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:635,251

Strong’s Definitions

ἐργάτης ergátēs, er-gat'-ace; from G2041; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher:—labourer, worker(-men).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G2040 in the following manner: labourer (10x), workman (3x), worker (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G2040 in the following manner: labourer (10x), workman (3x), worker (3x).

  1. a workman, a labourer

    1. usually one who works for hire esp. an agricultural worker

  2. one who does, a worker, perpetrator

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐργάτης ergátēs, er-gat'-ace; from G2041; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher:—labourer, worker(-men).
STRONGS G2040:
ἐργάτης, -ου, ὁ, (ἐργάζομαι);
1. as in Greek writings a workman, a laborer: usually one who works for hire, Matthew 10:10; Luke 10:7; 1 Timothy 5:18; especially an agricultural laborer, Matthew 9:37; Matthew 20:1f, 8; Luke 10:2; James 5:4 (Wis. 17:16); those whose labor artificers employ [i. e. workmen in the restricted sense], Acts 19:25 (opposed to τοῖς τεχνίταις [A. V. craftsmen], Acts 19:24), cf. Bengel at the passage; those who as teachers labor to propagate and promote Christianity among men: 2 Corinthians 11:13; Philippians 3:2; 2 Timothy 2:15, cf. Matthew 9:37; Luke 10:2.
2. one who does, a worker, perpetrator: τῆς ἀδικίας, Luke 13:27 (τῆς ἀνομίας, 1 Macc. 3:6; τῶν καλῶν καὶ σεμνῶν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 27).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
9:37; 9:37; 10:10; 20:1; 20:8
Luke
10:2; 10:2; 10:7; 13:27
Acts
19:24; 19:25
2 Corinthians
11:13
Philippians
3:2
1 Timothy
5:18
2 Timothy
2:15
James
5:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2040 matches the Greek ἐργάτης (ergatēs),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:37 - then saith he to his disciples, 'The harvest indeed is abundant, but the workmen few;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38 - beseech ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he may put forth workmen to His harvest.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10 - nor scrip for the way, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff -- for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1 - 'For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:2 - and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - 'And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last -- unto the first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2 - then said he unto them, 'The harvest indeed is abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - 'And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy is the workman of his hire; go not from house to house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - and he shall say, I say to you, I have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who did work about such things, he said, 'Men, ye know that by this work we have our wealth;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13 - for those such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2 - look to the dogs, look to the evil-workers, look to the concision;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18 - for the Writing saith, 'An ox treading out thou shalt not muzzle,' and 'Worthy is the workman of his reward.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15 - be diligent to present thyself approved to God -- a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you -- doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;
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