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GreekG2040Noun (Masculine)

ἐργάτης

ergatēs

15Occurrences
G2040Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a toiler; figuratively, a teacher

from G2041 (ἔργον);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.prop., a field labourer, husbandman
2.Generally, a workman, labourer
3.a worker, doer
LXX: *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

ἐργάτης appears 15 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
6
Luke
3
1 Timothy
1
2 Corinthians
1
2 Timothy
1
Acts
1
James
1
Philippians
1

Key Passages

1 Timothy 5:18BSB

For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”

Acts 19:25BSB

Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.

Luke 10:7BSB

Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

Matthew 20:1BSB

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

Matthew 9:37BSB

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.