1. worker, laborer — A person who performs work or labor, whether in agriculture (Matt 9:37-38 'the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few'), ministry (2 Tim 2:15 'a workman who does not need to be ashamed'), or general occupation. Multilingual evidence uniformly renders this as a laborer/worker: eng 'workers/worker/workman', spa 'obreros/obrero', hin 'mazdoor', arb 'fa'ala/amil', kor 'ilkkun', swa 'wafanyakazi/mfanyakazi'. All three clusters represent case/number inflections (NMP/AMP/VMP/GMP plural, NMS singular, AMS singular) of the same lexical meaning. 16×
AR["العامِلُ","العُمّالِ","الفَعَلَةَ","الفَعَلَةِ","الْعُمَّالِ","عامِلاً","عامِلَ","عُمّالًا","عُمّالٌ","عُمّالُ","فاعِلُ","فَعَلَةً","فَعَلَةُ","يَا-فَاعِلِي"]·ben["কর্মী","কর্মীদের","কর্মীরা","শ্রমিক","শ্রমিকদের"]·DE["ἐργάται","ἐργάτας","ἐργάτην","ἐργάτης","ἐργατῶν"]·EN["worker","workers","workman"]·FR["ouvrier"]·heb["הַפּוֹעֲלִים","פֹּעֲלִים","פֹּעֵל","פּוֹעֲלִים","פּוֹעֲלֵי","פּוֹעֲלֵי-מִרְמָה","פּוֹעֵל","רָע;"]·HI["कअरयकरतअ","करनेवलोन;","कर्मी","काम-करने-वाला","काम-करने-वाले","काम-करने-वालो","काम-करने-वालों-को","कामगारों-को","मजदूरों-की","मजदोओरोन","मजदोओरोन-को","मज़दूर","मज़दूरों-को","मज़दोओर"]·ID["pekerja","pekerja-pekerja"]·IT["ergatas","ergatēn","ergatēs","ergatōn","operaio"]·jav["buruh","juru-damel","juru-panen","pakarya","pandamel","tiyang-nyambut-damel","tukang"]·KO["일꾼들","일꾼들-을","일꾼들-의","일꾼들을","일꾼들을;","일꾼들이다","일꾼으로","일꾼은","일꾼이","일꿔들","일꿔들-을","행하는-자들아"]·PT["obreiro","obreiros","trabalhador","trabalhadores","trabalhadores,"]·RU["делателей","делателем","делатели","работник","работниками","работники","работников","работников,"]·ES["obrero","obreros"]·SW["mfanyakazi","mtenda-kazi","na","wabaya","wafanyakazi","watenda","watenda-kazi","watendaji"]·TR["hileci-işçiler","iscilere","işçi","işçiler","işçileri","işçilerin"]·urd["مزدور","مزدوروں","مزدوروں-کو","کارکن","کارگرو","کاریگروں-کو","کام-کرنے-والا","کام-کرنے-والوں-سے"]
Matt 9:37, Matt 9:38, Matt 10:10, Matt 20:1, Matt 20:2, Matt 20:8, Luke 10:2, Luke 10:2, Luke 10:7, Luke 13:27, Acts 19:25, 2 Cor 11:13 (+4 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐργᾰτ-ης, ου, ὁ, workman, Hermes NT, etc.; especially one who works the soil, husbandman, Refs 5th c.BC+: absolutely, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.: also with substantive, Refs 4th c.BC+ the country-folk, Refs 5th c.BC+; of animals, βοῦς ἐ. a working ox, Refs 7th c.BC+; also ἐ. θαλάττης, of a fisher, Refs 4th c.AD+ a stone-mason, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __b in the religious sense, NT __2 adjective hard-working,…