Lexical Summary ergatēs: a workman Original Word: ἐργάτηςTransliteration: ergatēs Phonetic Spelling: (er-gat'-ace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a workman Meaning: a workman Strong's Concordance laborer, workman. From ergon; a toiler; figuratively, a teacher -- labourer, worker(-men). see GREEK ergon Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2040: ἐργάτηςἐργάτης, 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). |
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