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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 - He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38 - So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10 - Don’t carry a traveler’s bag with a change of clothes and sandals or even a walking stick. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve to be fed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1 - “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one 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 the normal daily wage[fn] and sent them out to work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - “That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2 - These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - Don’t move around from home to home. Stay in one place, eating and drinking what they provide. Don’t hesitate to accept hospitality, because those who work deserve their pay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - And he will reply, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - He called them together, along with others employed in similar trades, and addressed them as follows:
“Gentlemen, you know that our wealth comes from this business.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13 - These people are false apostles. They are deceitful workers who disguise themselves 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 people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18 - For the Scripture says, “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.” And in another place, “Those who work deserve their pay!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15 - Work hard so you can present yourself to God and receive his approval. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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