STRONGS G2040:
ἐργάτης,
-ου,
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 καὶ σεμνῶν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 27).
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