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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).
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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:37 - Then G5119 He *said G3004 to His disciples, G3101 “The harvest G2326 is plentiful, G4183 but the workers G2040 are few. G3641

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38 - “Therefore G3767 beseech G1189 the Lord G2962 of the harvest G2326 to send G1544 out workers G2040 into His harvest.” G2326

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10 - or G3361 a [fn]bag G4082 for your journey, G3598 or G3366 even G3366 two G1417 [fn]coats, G5509 or G3366 sandals, G5266 or G3366 a staff; G4464 for the worker G2040 is worthy G514 of his [fn]support. G5160

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1 - “For the kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 is like G3664 [fn]a landowner G3617 who G3748 went G1831 out early G260 in the morning G4404 to hire G3409 laborers G2040 for his vineyard. G290

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:2 - “When he had agreed G4856 with the laborers G2040 for a [fn]denarius G1220 for the day, G2250 he sent G649 them into his vineyard. G290

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - “When evening G3798 came, G1096 the [fn]owner G2962 of the vineyard G290 *said G3004 to his foreman, G2012 ‘Call G2564 the laborers G2040 and pay G591 them their wages, G3408 beginning G757 with the last G2078 group to the first.’ G4413

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2 - And He was saying G3004 to them, “The harvest G2326 is plentiful, G4183 but the laborers G2040 are few; G3641 therefore G3767 beseech G1189 the Lord G2962 of the harvest G2326 to send G1544 out laborers G2040 into His harvest. G2326

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - “Stay G3306 in [fn]that house, G3614 eating G2068 and drinking G4095 [fn]what they give G3844 you; for the laborer G2040 is worthy G514 of his wages. G3408 Do not keep moving G3327 from house G3614 to house. G3614

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - and He will say, G3004 ‘I tell G3004 you, I do not know G6063 where G4159 you are from; DEPART G868 FROM ME, ALL G3956 YOU EVILDOERS G93.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - these G3739 he gathered G4867 together G4867 with the workmen G2040 of similar G5108 trades, and said, G3004 “Men, G435 you know G1987 that our prosperity G2142 [fn]depends G1510 G1537 upon this G3778 business. G2039

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13 - For such G5108 men G5108 are false G5570 apostles, G5570 deceitful G1386 workers, G2040 disguising G3345 themselves as apostles G652 of Christ. G5547

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2 - Beware G991 of the dogs, G2965 beware G991 of the evil G2556 workers, G2040 beware G991 of the [fn]false G2699 circumcision; G2699

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18 - For the Scripture G1124 says, G3004 “YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE G5392 THE OX G1016 WHILE HE IS THRESHING G248,” and “The laborer G2040 is worthy G514 of his wages.” G3408

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15 - Be diligent G4704 to present G3936 yourself G4572 approved G1384 to God G2316 as a workman G2040 who does not need G422 to be ashamed, G422 accurately handling G3718 the word G3056 of truth. G225

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Behold, G2400 the pay G3408 of the laborers G2040 who mowed G270 your fields, G5561 and which has been withheld G650 by you, cries G2896 out against you; and the outcry G995 of those G3588 who did G2325 the harvesting G2325 has reached G1525 the ears G3775 of the Lord G2962 of [fn]Sabaoth. G4519
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