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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 BoxMat 9:37 - tunc dicit discipulis suis messis quidem multa operarii autem pauci

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:38 - rogate ergo dominum messis ut eiciat operarios in messem suam

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:10 - non peram in via neque duas tunicas neque calciamenta neque virgam dignus enim est operarius cibo suo

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:1 - simile est enim regnum caelorum homini patri familias qui exiit primo mane conducere operarios in vineam suam

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:2 - conventione autem facta cum operariis ex denario diurno misit eos in vineam suam

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - cum sero autem factum esset dicit dominus vineae procuratori suo voca operarios et redde illis mercedem incipiens a novissimis usque ad primos

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:2 - et dicebat illis messis quidem multa operarii autem pauci rogate ergo Dominum messis ut mittat operarios in messem

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - in eadem autem domo manete edentes et bibentes quae apud illos sunt dignus enim est operarius mercede sua nolite transire de domo in domum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:27 - et dicet vobis nescio vos unde sitis discedite a me omnes operarii iniquitatis

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:25 - quos convocans et eos qui eiusmodi erant opifices dixit viri scitis quia de hoc artificio adquisitio est nobis

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:13 - nam eiusmodi pseudoapostoli operarii subdoli transfigurantes se in apostolos Christi

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:2 - videte canes videte malos operarios videte concisionem

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18 - dicit enim scriptura non infrenabis os bovi trituranti et dignus operarius mercede sua

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:15 - sollicite cura te ipsum probabilem exhibere Deo operarium inconfusibilem recte tractantem verbum veritatis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - ecce merces operariorum qui messuerunt regiones vestras qui fraudatus est a vobis clamat et clamor ipsorum in aures Domini Sabaoth introiit
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