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; Matthew 20:1 f, 8 ; Luk_10:2; Jas_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; Php_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, 1Ma_3:6; τῶν καλῶν καί σεμνῶν, Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 27).

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.

** 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 .).†

ἐργάτης [page 253] P Fay 331 (A.D. 125 6) contains payments to ἐργ (άται ) at the rate of 9 obols per man : cf. P Oxy X. 1263 .13 (A.D. 128 9) βούλομαι . . . χρήσασθαι τῇ τῶν ἐργ [ατῶν ] ποταμοῦ τέχ [νῃ , I wish to practise the trade of a river-worker (Edd.), P Ryl II. 98( a ) .16 (A.D. 154 5) ἕξω δὲ σὺν ἐμαυτῷ ἐργάτας δύο , Chrest. I. 96 vii. 17 (accounts of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus A.D. 215) ἐργάταις κ [ωμά ]σασι τὸ ξόανον τοῦ θεοῦ πρὸς [ἀ ]πάντη [σιν τοῦ ] ἡγεμόνος , P Flor I. 3 .6 (A.D. 301) ἐργάτας . . . ὄντ [α ]ς εὐθέτους καὶ ἐπιτηδείους . One of the columns of P Loud 1170 verso (A.D. 258 9) (= III. p. 193 ff.), an account of receipts and expenditure by a steward at Theadelphia, is headed .45 λόγος ἐργατῶν ἀργησάντων . An interesting inscr. dedicated to Αἰών as a deity, Syll 757 (i/A.D.), ends by describing Αἰών as θείας φύσεως ἐργάτης αἰωνίου πάντα , where the editor thinks that the difficult acc. πάντα is best explained by the accidental omission of a preceding κατά . For the subst. ἐργατεία , used in a concrete sense, see BGU IV. 1159 .9 (time of Augustus) π̣ᾳ̣σ̣α̣ν̣] ἐργατήαν παρεσσκευακω̣ς ( l. παρεσκευακώς ), and P Oxy XII. 1450 .6 (A.D. 249 50), and for ἐργατεύω , as in Tob_5:5 , cf. P Par 63 .102 (B.C. 165) (= P Petr III. p. 26) οἳ διὰ τὴν τῶν δεόντων σπάνιν ἐργατεύοντες πορίζονται τὰ πρὸς τὸ ζῆν , who, through lack of necessaries, supply themselves with the means of life by hard labour (Mahaffy). The adj. is seen in P Fay 111 .6 (A.D. 95 6) ἔχων ἐν τῇ [κ ]όμῃ ἐργατικὰ κτήνη δέκα : PSI I. 38 .5 (A.D. 101) ὁμολογῶ πεπρακέναι σοι ὃν ἔχω ἐρ̣γατικὸν ὄνον recalls the μύλος ὀνικός of Mar_9:42 . Ἐργάτης is a unique formation for* ἐργότης through the influence of ἐργάζομαι , cf. Boeot. ϝεργοτίων (Boisacq Dict. Etym. p. 272 n. .1 ). It persists in MGr.

ἐργάτης ἐργά^της, ου, "a workman": esp. "one who works the soil, a husbandman", Hdt. , attic; οὑργάτης λεώς the "country-" folk, Ar. as adj. "hard-working, strenuous", Xen. "one who practises" an art, c. gen., id=Xen. "a doer, worker", Soph. , Xen.

ἐργάτης, -ου, ὁ (ἐργάζομαι, which see), [in LXX: Wis.17:17, Sir.19:1 40:18, 1Ma.3:6 * ;] __1. prop., a field labourer, husbandman: Mat.9:37-38 20:1-2, 8, Luk.10:2, Jas.5:4 (cf. Wis, l.with). __2. Generally, a workman, labourer: Mat.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. __3. a worker, doer: τ. ἀδικίας, Luk.13:27 (cf. 1Mac, l.with).† (AS)