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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 laborers are few;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38 - therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10 - no bag for your journey, or two tunics[fn] or sandals or a staff, for the laborer deserves his food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:2 - After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius[fn] a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up 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 is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - These he gathered together, with the workmen in similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13 - For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2 - Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18 - For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.”

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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,[fn] a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
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