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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).
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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 is great and the workmen are few;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38 - supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth workmen unto his harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10 - nor scrip for the way, nor two body coats, nor sandals, nor a 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 kingdom of the heavens is like a householder who went out with the early morn 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 denarius the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - But when the evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward, Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning from the last even to the first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2 - And he said to them, The harvest indeed is great, but the workmen few; supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workmen into his harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - And in the same house abide, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the workman is worthy of his hire. Remove 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 tell you, I do not know you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13 - For 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 - See to dogs, see to evil workmen, see to the concision.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18 - for the scripture says, Thou shalt not muzzle an ox that treadeth out corn, and, The workman is worthy of his hire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15 - Strive diligently to present thyself approved to God, a workman that has not to be ashamed, cutting in a straight line the word of truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
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