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Lexicon :: Strong's G2040 - ergatēs

Aa
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).
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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:37 - Then he said to his disciples, There is much grain but not enough men to get it in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38 - Make prayer, then, to the Lord of the grain-fields, that he may send out workers to get in his grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10 - Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1 - For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:2 - And when he had made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a day, he sent them into his vine-garden.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - And when evening came, the lord of the vine-garden said to his manager, Let the workers come, and give them their payment, from the last to the first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2 - And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - And keep in that same house, taking what food and drink they give you: for the worker has a right to his reward. Do not go from house to house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - But he will say, Truly, I have no knowledge of you or where you come from; go away from me, you workers of evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - Whom he got together, with other workmen of the same trade, and said to them, Men, it is clear that from this business we get our wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13 - For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2 - Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18 - For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15 - Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
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