# G2040 ἐργάτης

ἐργάτης (ergátēs), Strong’s G2040: a toiler; figuratively, a teacher KJV: labourer, worker(-men). Occurs 20 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2040 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*ergátēs* — a toiler; figuratively, a teacher

KJV: labourer, worker(-men)

Derived from [ἔργον érgon](https://besorah.bible/word/G2041) (toil)

Occurs 20 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 9:37](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/9?v=37) — Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
- [Matthew 9:38](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/9?v=38) — Pray therefore that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest.”
- [Matthew 10:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/10?v=10) — Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
- [Matthew 20:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/20?v=1) — “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire…
- [Matthew 20:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/20?v=2) — When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- [Matthew 20:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/20?v=8) — “When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages…
- [Luke 10:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/10?v=2) — Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the…
- [Luke 10:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/10?v=7) — Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go…
- [Luke 13:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/13?v=27) — He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
- [Acts 19:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/19?v=25) — whom he gathered together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, “Sirs, you know that by this business we have…