Strong's Lexicon ergatés: Worker, laborer Original Word: ἐργάτης HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2040 ergátēs (from 2038 /ergázomai, "to work") – a workman (laborer). See 2041 (ergon). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ergazomai Definition a workman NASB Translation laborer (2), laborers (6), worker (1), workers (4), workman (1), workmen (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2040: ἐργάτηςἐργάτης, ἐργάτου, 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 καί σεμνῶν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 27). From ergon; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher -- labourer, worker(-men). see GREEK ergon Englishman's Concordance Matthew 9:37 N-NMPGRK: οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι NAS: is plentiful, but the workers are few. KJV: but the labourers [are] few; INT: the however workmen [are] few Matthew 9:38 N-AMP Matthew 10:10 N-NMS Matthew 20:1 N-AMP Matthew 20:2 N-GMP Matthew 20:8 N-AMP Luke 10:2 N-NMP Luke 10:2 N-AMP Luke 10:7 N-NMS Luke 13:27 N-NMP Acts 19:25 N-AMP 2 Corinthians 11:13 N-NMP Philippians 3:2 N-AMP 1 Timothy 5:18 N-NMS 2 Timothy 2:15 N-AMS James 5:4 N-GMP Strong's Greek 2040 |