ἐργάτης ergatēs

Greek word for “worker” · Strong’s G2040 · used 16 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

ἐργάτης, -ου, ὁ; (ἐργάζομαι, which see);

How it is translated

Glosses given for ergatēs in context, with how often each is used:

• workmen 9
• workman 4
• workers 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 20 (3), Matthew 9 (2), Luke 10 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Luke 13 (1), Acts 19 (1), 2 Corinthians 11 (1), Philippians 3 (1), 1 Timothy 5 (1), 2 Timothy 2 (1)

Forms

• ἐργάτας 6
• ἐργάται 4
• ἐργάτης 3
• ἐργατῶν 2
• ἐργάτην 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ergatēs more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• μισθός misthos “wage” 4
• θερισμός therismos “harvest” 3
• ἀμπελών ampelōn “vineyard” 3
• ἄξιος axios “worthy” 3
• δέομαι deomai “to pray” 2
• ὀλίγος oligos “little/few” 2
• ὅπως hopōs “that” 2
• τοιοῦτος toioutos “such as this” 2
• ἐκβάλλω ekballō “to expel” 2
• μέν men “on the other hand” 2
• πολύς polus “much” 2

Key verses

The verses using ergatēs that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 9:37 — Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
• Matthew 10:10 — Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
• Matthew 20:1 — For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
• Matthew 20:2 — And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
• Matthew 20:8 — So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
• Luke 10:2 — Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth…
• Luke 10:7 — And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
• Luke 13:27 — But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
• 2 Corinthians 11:13 — For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
• Philippians 3:2 — Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
• 2 Timothy 2:15 — Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
• James 5:4 — Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.