** ἐργάτης, -ου, ὁ
(< ἐργάζομαι, q.v.), [in LXX: Wi 17:17, Si 19:1 40:18, I Mac 3:6 *;]
1. prop., a field labourer, husbandman: Mt 9:37, 3820:1, 2, 8, Lk 10:2, Ja 5:4 (cf. Wi, l.c.).
2. Generally, a workman, labourer: Mt 10:10, Lk 10:7, Ac 19:25 (opp. to τεχνίτης), I Ti 5:18; of Christian teachers, II Co 11:13, Phl 3:2, II Ti 2:15.
3. a worker, doer: τ. ἀδικίας, Lk 13:27 (cf. I Mac, l.c.).†