ἐργᾰτ-ης, ου, ὁ,

I

1. workman, Hermes 17.5 (Delos), Mat 10:10, etc.; esp. one who works the soil, husbandman, γῆς ἐ. Hdt. 4.109, 5.6; οἱ ἐ. οἱ περὶ γεωργίαν D. 35.32: abs., S. OT 859, E. El. 75, etc.: also with Subst., ἐ. ἀνήρ Theoc. 10.9, D. 59.50; οὑργάτης λεώς the country -folk, Ar. Pax 632; of animals, βοῦς ἐ. a working ox, Archil. 39, S. Fr. 563; ἐ. σφῆκες Arist. HA 627b32; also ἐ. θαλάττης, of a fisher, Alciphr. 1.11; ἐ. λίθων a stone- mason, Luc. Somn. 2. in the religious sense, 2Ti 2:15, 2Co 11:13 (pl.).

2. Adj. hard-working, strenuous, ἐ. στρατηγός X. Cyr. 1.6.18; σώφρων κἀ. Ar. Ach. 611; opp. ἀργός, Pl. Euthd. 281c; φειδωλὸς καὶ ἐ. Id. R. 554a.

II one who practises an art, τῶν ἐν πολέμῳ X. Cyr. 4.1.4; ἐ. δίκης, of a judge, Lyc. 128: abs., practitioner in some special branch of surgery, e.g. lithotomy, ἐ. ἄνδρες Hp. Jusj.

III doer, ἄσημος οὑργ. τις ἤν S. Ant. 252; τῶν καλῶν X. Mem. 2.1.27; ἀνομίας LXX 1Ma 3:6; τῆς ἀδικίας Luk 13:27. producer, τῶν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ γινομένων Heraclit. 75; [Αἰὼν] θείας φύσεως ἐ. SIG 1125.12 (Eleusis). a sort of capstan or windlass, Bito 58.12, Vitr. 10.2.7,al., Orib. 49.4.1.

ἐργάτης ergatēs 16x

    a workman, laborer, Mat 9:37-38; Mat 20:1-2; Mat 20:8;

    met. a spiritual workman or laborer, 2Co 11:13;

    an artisan, artificer, Act 19:25;

    a worker, practicer, Luk 13:27 laborer; worker.

G2040 — ἐργάτης

ἐργάτου, ὁ (ἐργάζομαι);

1. as in Greek writings a workman, a laborer: usually one who works for hire, Mat 10:10; Luk 10:7; 1Ti 5:18; especially an agricultural laborer, Mat 9:37; Mat 20:1f, 8; Luk 10:2; Jam 5:4 (Wis. 17:16); those whose labor artificers employ (i. e. workmen in the restricted sense), Act 19:25 (opposed to τοῖς τεχνίταις (A. V. craftsmen), Act 19:24), cf. Bengel at the passage; those who as teachers labor to propagate and promote Christianity among men: 2Co 11:13; Phi 3:2; 2Ti 2:15, cf. Mat 9:37; Luk 10:2.

2. one who does, a worker, perpetrator: τῆς ἀδικίας, Luk 13:27 (τῆς ἀνομίας, 1 Macc. 3:6; τῶν καλῶν καί σεμνῶν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 27).

** ἐργάτης , - ου , ὁ

( < ἐργάζομαι , q.v. ),

[in LXX : Wis 17:17 , Sir 19:1 ; Sir 40:18 , 1Ma 3:6 * ;]

1. prop ., a field labourer, husbandman: Mat 9:37-38; Mat 20:1-2; Mat 20:8, Luk 10:2, Jas 5:4 ( cf. Wis, l.c .).

2. Generally, a workman, labourer: Mat 10:10, Luk 10:7, Act 19:25 ( opp . to τεχνίτης ), 1Ti 5:18; of Christian teachers, 2Co 11:13, Php 3:2, 2Ti 2:15.

3. a worker, doer: τ . ἀδικίας , Luk 13:27 ( cf. 1Mac, l.c .). †

詞類次數：名詞（16）

原文字根：行為（著）

字義溯源：工人，作工的人，作的人，行事；源自（G2041（ἔργον）=行為）；而G2041（ἔργον）出自（G2041（ἔργον）X*=工作）。這字本意是指田園耕作者，也可隱喻各種工作者，甚至使徒和教師（提後2:15）

出現次數：總共（16）；太（6）；路（4）；徒（1）；林後（1）；腓（1）；提前（1）；提後（1）；雅（1）

譯字彙編：

1）工人（11）太10:10；太20:1；太20:2；太20:8；路10:2；路10:7；徒19:25；腓3:2；提前5:18；提後2:15；雅5:4；

2）作工的人（2）太9:37；路10:2；

3）作⋯人（1）路13:27；

4）行事（1）林後11:13；

5）工人們（1）太9:38