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Strong's Lexicon ergatés: Worker, laborer Original Word: ἐργάτης Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: ergatés Pronunciation: er-gah'-tace Phonetic Spelling: (er-gat'-ace) Definition: Worker, laborer Meaning: a field-laborer; then: a laborer, workman in general. Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word ἔργον (ergon), meaning "work" or "deed." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H5647 עָבַד (avad) – to work, serve - H6466 פָּעַל (paal) – to do, make, work Usage: The term "ergatés" refers to a person who engages in work or labor. In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe those who labor in the spiritual harvest, such as preachers, teachers, and missionaries who spread the Gospel. The word emphasizes the active and diligent nature of their work in God's kingdom. Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, laborers were essential to the economy, working in fields, construction, and various trades. The concept of a "worker" was well understood in both Jewish and Gentile contexts, often associated with manual labor. In the biblical context, the term takes on a spiritual dimension, highlighting the importance of laboring for the advancement of God's kingdom. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2040 ergátēs (from 2038 /ergázomai, "to work") – a workman (laborer). See 2041 (ergon). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from 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: ἐργάτης ἐργάτης, 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). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance laborer, workman. From ergon; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher -- labourer, worker(-men). see GREEK ergon Forms and Transliterations εργαται εργάται ἐργάται εργατας εργάτας ἐργάτας εργατην εργάτην ἐργάτην εργατης εργάτης ἐργάτης εργατων εργατών ἐργατῶν εργοδιώκται εργοδιώκταις εργοδιώκτας εργοδιωκτούντες εργοδιωκτών ergatai ergátai ergatas ergátas ergaten ergatēn ergáten ergátēn ergates ergatēs ergátes ergátēs ergaton ergatôn ergatōn ergatō̂n Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Matthew 9:37 N-NMP GRK: 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 GRK: ὅπως ἐκβάλῃ ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν NAS: to send out workers into His harvest. KJV: he will send forth labourers into INT: that he might send out workmen into the Matthew 10:10 N-NMS GRK: γὰρ ὁ ἐργάτης τῆς τροφῆς NAS: a staff; for the worker is worthy KJV: yet staves: for the workman is worthy INT: indeed the workman of the provisions Matthew 20:1 N-AMP GRK: πρωὶ μισθώσασθαι ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν NAS: to hire laborers for his vineyard. KJV: to hire labourers into INT: morning to hire workmen for the Matthew 20:2 N-GMP GRK: μετὰ τῶν ἐργατῶν ἐκ δηναρίου NAS: When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius KJV: with the labourers for INT: with the workmen for a denarius Matthew 20:8 N-AMP GRK: Κάλεσον τοὺς ἐργάτας καὶ ἀπόδος NAS: Call the laborers and pay KJV: steward, Call the labourers, and give INT: Call the workmen and pay Luke 10:2 N-NMP GRK: οἱ δὲ ἐργάται ὀλίγοι δεήθητε NAS: is plentiful, but the laborers are few; KJV: but the labourers [are] few: INT: moreover [the] workmen [are] few pray earnestly to Luke 10:2 N-AMP GRK: θερισμοῦ ὅπως ἐργάτας ἐκβάλῃ εἰς NAS: to send out laborers into His harvest. KJV: he would send forth labourers into INT: harvest that workmen he might send out into Luke 10:7 N-NMS GRK: γὰρ ὁ ἐργάτης τοῦ μισθοῦ NAS: what they give you; for the laborer is worthy KJV: give: for the labourer is worthy INT: indeed the workman of the wages Luke 13:27 N-NMP GRK: ἐμοῦ πάντες ἐργάται ἀδικίας KJV: me, all [ye] workers of iniquity. INT: me all [you] workers of unrighteousness Acts 19:25 N-AMP GRK: τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐργάτας εἶπεν Ἄνδρες NAS: he gathered together with the workmen of similar KJV: he called together with the workmen of INT: such things workmen he said Men 2 Corinthians 11:13 N-NMP GRK: τοιοῦτοι ψευδαπόστολοι ἐργάται δόλιοι μετασχηματιζόμενοι NAS: deceitful workers, disguising KJV: deceitful workers, transforming themselves INT: such [are] false apostles workers deceitful disguising themselves Philippians 3:2 N-AMP GRK: τοὺς κακοὺς ἐργάτας βλέπετε τὴν NAS: of the evil workers, beware KJV: of evil workers, beware INT: the evil workers beware of the 1 Timothy 5:18 N-NMS GRK: Ἄξιος ὁ ἐργάτης τοῦ μισθοῦ NAS: WHILE HE IS THRESHING, and The laborer is worthy KJV: And, The labourer [is] worthy INT: Worthy [is] the workman of the wages 2 Timothy 2:15 N-AMS GRK: τῷ θεῷ ἐργάτην ἀνεπαίσχυντον ὀρθοτομοῦντα NAS: to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, KJV: unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, INT: to God a workman not ashamed straightly cutting James 5:4 N-GMP GRK: μισθὸς τῶν ἐργατῶν τῶν ἀμησάντων NAS: the pay of the laborers who mowed KJV: the hire of the labourers who INT: wage of the workmen having harvested Strong's Greek 2040 16 Occurrences ἐργάται — 4 Occ. ἐργάτας — 6 Occ. ἐργάτην — 1 Occ. ἐργάτης — 3 Occ. ἐργατῶν — 2 Occ.