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Strong's G2040 · Greek

ἐργάτης

ergates · er-gat'-ace

from 2041; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐργάτης (G2040)

16 ** ἐργάτης , -ου, ὁ ( ἐργάζομαι , q.v.), [in LXX: Wi 17:17 , Si 19:1 40:18 , I Mac 3:6 * ;] prop., a field labourer, husbandman : Mt 9:37 , 38 20:1 , 2 , 8 , Lk 10:2 , Ja 5:4 (cf. Wi, l.c. ). Generally, a workman, labourer : Mt 10:10 , Lk 10:7 , Ac 19:25 (opp. to τεχνίτης ), I Ti 5:18 ; of Christian teachers, II Co 11:13 , Phl 3:2 , II Ti 2:15 . a worker, doer : τ. ἀδικίας , Lk 13:27 (cf. I Mac, l.c. ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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