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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:37 - τότε λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς οἱ δὲ ἐργάται G2040 ὀλίγοι

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38 - δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας G2040 εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10 - μὴ πήραν εἰς ὁδὸν μηδὲ δύο χιτῶνας μηδὲ ὑποδήματα μηδὲ ῥάβδον ἄξιος γὰρ ὁ ἐργάτης G2040 τῆς τροφῆς αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1 - ὁμοία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκοδεσπότῃ ὅστις ἐξῆλθεν ἅμα πρωῒ μισθώσασθαι ἐργάτας G2040 εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:2 - συμφωνήσας δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἐργατῶν G2040 ἐκ δηναρίου τὴν ἡμέραν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης λέγει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ αὐτοῦ κάλεσον τοὺς ἐργάτας G2040 καὶ ἀπόδος αὐτοῖς τὸν μισθὸν ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῶν ἐσχάτων ἕως τῶν πρώτων

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2 - ἔλεγεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς ὁ μὲν θερισμὸς πολύς οἱ δὲ ἐργάται G2040 ὀλίγοι δεήθητε οὖν τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ θερισμοῦ ὅπως ἐργάτας G2040 ἐκβάλῃ εἰς τὸν θερισμὸν αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - ἐν αὐτῇ δὲ τῇ οἰκίᾳ μένετε ἐσθίοντες καὶ πίνοντες τὰ παρ᾽ αὐτῶν ἄξιος γὰρ ὁ ἐργάτης G2040 τοῦ μισθοῦ αὐτοῦ μὴ μεταβαίνετε ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - καὶ ἐρεῖ λέγων ὑμῖν οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς πόθεν ἐστέ ἀπόστητε ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ πάντες ἐργάται G2040 ἀδικίας

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - οὓς συναθροίσας καὶ τοὺς περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐργάτας G2040 εἶπεν ἄνδρες ἐπίστασθε ὅτι ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ἐργασίας ἡ εὐπορία ἡμῖν ἐστιν

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13 - οἱ γὰρ τοιοῦτοι ψευδαπόστολοι ἐργάται G2040 δόλιοι μετασχηματιζόμενοι εἰς ἀποστόλους Χριστοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2 - βλέπετε τοὺς κύνας βλέπετε τοὺς κακοὺς ἐργάτας G2040 βλέπετε τὴν κατατομήν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18 - λέγει γὰρ ἡ γραφή βοῦν ἀλοῶντα οὐ φιμώσεις καί ἄξιος ὁ ἐργάτης G2040 τοῦ μισθοῦ αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15 - σπούδασον σεαυτὸν δόκιμον παραστῆσαι τῷ θεῷ ἐργάτην G2040 ἀνεπαίσχυντον ὀρθοτομοῦντα τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - ἰδοὺ ὁ μισθὸς τῶν ἐργατῶν G2040 τῶν ἀμησάντων τὰς χώρας ὑμῶν ὁ ἀπεστερημένος ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν κράζει καὶ αἱ βοαὶ τῶν θερισάντων εἰς τὰ ὦτα κυρίου Σαβαὼθ εἰσεληλύθασιν
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