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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:37 - Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38 - Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10 - no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1 - “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:2 - He agreed to pay them a denarius[fn] for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2 - He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: “You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13 - For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2 - Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18 - For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,”[fn] and “The worker deserves his wages.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15 - Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
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