ἐργάτης ergatēs · G2040

worker

ἐργάτης, -ου, ὁ; (ἐργάζομαι, which see), [in LXX: Wis.17:17, Sir.19:1 40:18, 1Ma.3:6 * ; ] ; 1. prop., a field labourer, husbandman: Mat.9:37-38 20:1-2, 8, Luk.10:2, Jas.5:4 (cf. Wis, l.with). ; 2. Generally, a workman, labourer: Mat.10:10, Luk.10:7, Act.19:25 (opposite to τεχνίτης), 1Ti.5:18; of Christian teachers, 2Co.11:13, Php.3:2, 2Ti.2:15. ; 3. a worker, doer: τ. ἀδικίας, Luk.13:27 (cf. 1Mac, l.with).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἐργᾰτ-ης, ου, ὁ, ; workman, Hermes [], etc.; especially one who works the soil, husbandman, []: absolutely, [], etc.: also with substantive, [] the country-folk, []; of animals, βοῦς ἐ. a working ox, []; also ἐ. θαλάττης, of a fisher, [] a stone-mason, []; b in the religious sense, []; 2 adjective hard-working, strenuous, []; opposed to ἀργός, []. ; II one who practises an art, []; ἐ. δίκης, of a judge, [], practitioner in some special branch of surgery, e.g. lithotomy, [] ; III doer, []. ; IV …

Where it's used 16 times

Matthew 9:37 · Matthew 9:38 · Matthew 10:10 · Matthew 20:1 · Matthew 20:2 · Matthew 20:8 · Luke 10:2 · Luke 10:7 · Luke 13:27 · Acts 19:25 · 2 Corinthians 11:13 · Philippians 3:2 · 1 Timothy 5:18 · 2 Timothy 2:15 · James 5:4 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G2040; TFLSJ G2040

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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