Lexical Definition

‎ἐργάτης‎ ergátēs (er-gat'-ace) worker ^G:N-M
from ‎ἔργον‎

labourer, worker(-men).

• a toiler
• figuratively, a teacher

Abbott-Smith

** 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, 38 20:1, 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.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐργάτης-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, strenuous, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀργός, [Refs 5th c.BC+].
__II one who practises an art, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐ. δίκης, of a judge, [Refs 3rd c.BC+], practitioner in some special branch of surgery, e.g. lithotomy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III doer, [NT+6th c.BC+].
__IV producer, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__V a sort of capstan or windlass, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.10.10 ☩ 2Tim.2.15 ☩ 2Cor.11.13 ☩ Luke.13.27}