Biblical Lexicon

συνεργός G4904

Adj-NMS | 13× in 1 sense

fellow worker, co-laborer — one who works alongside another, especially in gospel ministry

Synergos is a distinctly Pauline term, appearing 13 times in the New Testament almost exclusively in Paul's letters to describe those who share the labor of proclaiming the gospel. Formed from syn ('together') and ergon ('work'), the word carries a warm relational tone — these are not mere employees but partners in a shared mission. Paul applies it to an impressive roster: Prisca and Aquila (Rom 16:3), Timothy (Rom 16:21), Titus (2 Cor 8:23), Epaphroditus (Phil 2:25), and several others. The multilingual glosses — Spanish 'colaborador,' French 'collaborateur,' German 'Mitarbeiter' — consistently highlight joint agency and shared purpose.

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Senses

1. fellow worker, co-laborer — A substantivized adjective denoting one who works alongside another, used by Paul as a near-technical term for ministry partners in the gospel enterprise. Applied to both individuals and groups: Prisca and Aquila (Rom 16:3), Urbanus (Rom 16:9), Timothy (Rom 16:21), Titus (2 Cor 8:23), Epaphroditus (Phil 2:25), and the believers at Corinth who are 'God's fellow workers' (1 Cor 3:9). All 13 occurrences share this sense of collaborative labor, whether the partnership is with Paul, with one another, or with God himself. 13×

GROUPS_COMMUNITY › Association › Fellow Worker

AR["-شُرَكاءُ-العَمَلِ", "العامِلونَ-مَعَ", "العامِلينَ-مَعَ", "العامِلَ", "العامِلَ-مَعَ", "زَميلُ-عَمَلٍ", "شَريكِ-العَمَلِ", "شُرَكاءَ-عَمَلٍ", "شُرَكاءُ", "عَامِلَيْنِ-مَعِي", "عَامِلُ-مَعِي", "عَامِلِ-مَعَنَا", "مُعاوِنونَ"]·ben["সহকর্মী", "সহকর্মী;", "সহকর্মীকে", "সহকর্মীদের", "সহকর্মীরা"]·DE["Mitarbeiter"]·EN["fellow-worker", "fellow-workers"]·FR["collaborateur"]·heb["הַ-עוֹבֵד-עִמָּנוּ", "עֹזְרֵי", "עֹזֵר", "עוֹבְדִים-עִמִּי", "עוֹזְרִי", "עוֹזְרִים", "עוֹזְרִים-יַחַד", "עוֹזְרֵנוּ", "עוֹזְרַי", "עוֹזֵר", "שֻתָּף"]·HI["सह-करमि", "सहकरमि", "सहकरमेए", "सहकर्मियों-को", "सहकर्मी", "सहकर्मी-को"]·ID["rekan kerja", "rekan-rekan-sekerja", "rekan-sekerja"]·IT["collaboratore", "compagno-di-lavoro"]·jav["kanca-nyambut-damel", "kanthèning-padamelan", "réncang-nyambut-damel", "sesarengan", "sesarengan-nyambut-damel", "sesarengan-nyambut-damel;"]·KO["동료-에게", "동료들-이", "동료들이", "동역자", "동역자-가", "동역자-를", "동역자들", "동역자들-을", "동역자를", "함께-일하는-자이다"]·PT["cooperador", "cooperadores"]·RU["моих", "мой", "нашего", "сотрудник", "сотрудника", "сотрудниками", "сотрудники", "сотруднику"]·ES["colaborador", "colaboradores"]·SW["bali", "mfanya-kazi-mwenzangu", "mfanya-kazi-pamoja", "mfanyakazi-pamoja", "mtendaji-mwenzangu;", "mtumishi-mwenzetu", "wafanya-kazi-pamoja", "wafanya-kazi-wenzangu", "wafanyakazi-wenza", "wafanyakazi-wenzake;"]·TR["dır-", "isbirlikcileri", "isbirlikcilerimle", "isbirlikcisi", "iş-arkadaşlarım", "iş-arkadaşım", "iş-arkadaşımız", "işbirlikçi", "işbirlikçiler", "işbirlikçilerim", "işbirlikçisini", "o-", "size"]·urd["ساتھی", "ساتھی-کاری-کو", "ساتھی-کام-کرنے-والے", "ساتھیوں", "مددگار", "ہم-کار", "ہم-کاروں", "ہم-کارکن"]

Rom 16:3, Rom 16:9, Rom 16:21, 1 Cor 3:9, 2 Cor 1:24, 2 Cor 8:23, Phil 2:25, Phil 4:3, Col 4:11, 1 Thess 3:2, Phlm 1:1, Phlm 1:24 (+1 more)

BDB / Lexicon Reference

συνεργός, όν, working together, joining or helping in work, and as substantive, ὁ, ἡ, helper, Refs 5th c.BC+; in bad sense, accomplice, Refs 5th c.BC+: with dative person, Refs 5th c.BC+; distinguished from συναίτιον, NT+4th c.BC+: with genitive of things, taking part in a thing, σ. τείχεος helping to make it, Refs 5th c.BC+; ξ. ἀδίκων ἔργων, ἀρετᾶς, helping towards them, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τινί…