- Original: ἐργάτης - Transliteration: Ergates - Phonetic: er-gat'-ace - Definition: 1. a workman, a labourer a. usually one who works for hire esp. an agricultural worker 2. one who does, a worker, perpetrator - Origin: from G2041 - TDNT entry: 12:35,3 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G2041 ; a toiler; figuratively a teacher: - labourer worker (-men). Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • laborer, 1 1 Timothy 5:18 • laborers, 1 Jam 5:4 • workers, 2 2 Corinthians 11:13; Philippians 3:2 • workman, 1 2 Timothy 2:15 • workmen, 1 Act 19:25