Greek noun (masculine) · G2040
ἐργάτης
ergateser-gat'-ace
prop.; Generally, a workman, labourer; a worker, doer
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ergátēs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2040is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2040
a toiler; figuratively, a teacher
The King James renders it: labourer, worker(-men).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ergates is rendered "prop.; Generally, a workman, labourer; a worker, doer". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Six of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "prop.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:37Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
Matthew 9:37ἐργάται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's sixteen uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: prop., and Generally, a workman, labourer, and a worker, doer.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop.a field labourer, husbandman | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 9:37Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. |
| Generally, a workman, labourerMat.10:10, Luk.10:7, Act.19:25 (opposite to τεχνίτης), 1Ti.5:18; of Christian teachers, 2Co.11:13, Php.3:2, 2Ti.2:15. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 10:10Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff… |
| a worker, doerτ. ἀδικίας | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 13:27And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐργάτας6
- ἐργάται4
- ἐργάτης3
- ἐργατῶν2
- ἐργάτην1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural6N-APM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4N-NPM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3N-NSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2N-GPM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
Matthew
six uses
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
- ἐργάταιergatainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: workmen
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.”
- ἐργάταςergatasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: workmen
Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions.
- ἐργάτηςergatesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: workman
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
- ἐργάταςergatasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: workmen
He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
- ἐργατῶνergatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: workmen
When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
- ἐργάταςergatasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: workmen
Luke
four uses
And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.
- ἐργάταιergatainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: the workmen
- ἐργάταςergatasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: workmen
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.
- ἐργάτηςergatesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: workman
And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
- ἐργάταιergatainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: workers
Acts
one use
Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.
- ἐργάταςergatasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: Workmen
2 Corinthians
one use
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
- ἐργάταιergatainoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: workers
Philippians
one use
Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
- ἐργάταςergatasnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: workers
1 Timothy
one use
For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”
- ἐργάτηςergatesnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: workman
2 Timothy
one use
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
- ἐργάτηνergatennoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a workman
James
one use
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
- ἐργατῶνergatonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: workmen
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.