BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G1092
geōrgos — farmer
γεωργός, -οῦ, ὁ (γῆ, ἔργω = ἔρδω, to do), [in LXX for אִכָּר, etc. ;] 1. a husbandman: 2Ti.2:6, Jas.5:7. 2. a vine-dresser (cf. ἀμπελουργός, Luk.13:7): Mat.21:33-35, 38, 40, 41, Mrk.12:1, 2 7, 9, Luk.20:9, 10 14, 16, Jhn.15:1. † (AS)
17 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2040
ergatēs — worker
ἐργάτης, -ου, ὁ (ἐργάζομαι, which see), [in LXX: Wis.17:17, Sir.19:1 40:18, 1Ma.3:6 * ;] 1. prop., a field labourer, husbandman: Mat.9:37-38 20:1-2, 8, Luk.10:2, Jas.5:4 (cf. Wis, l.with). 2. Generally, a workman, labourer: Mat.10:10, Luk.10:7, Act.19:25 (opposite to τεχνίτης), 1Ti.5:18; of Christian teachers, 2Co.11:13, Php.3:2, 2Ti.2:15. 3. a worker, doer: τ. ἀδικίας, Luk.13:27 (cf. 1Mac, l.with).† (AS)
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H406
ik.kar — farmer
1) plowman, husbandman, farmer 1a) working the land, yet not owning any of it
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3009
ya.gav — to till
(Qal) to till, be a husbandman
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6536
arotēr — a plowman
1. a plougher, husbandman , (Iliad by Homer); Σκύθαι ἀροτῆρες, opposite to νομάδες, (Herdotus Historicus):—;adjective, βοῦς ἀροτήρ a steer for ploughing , (Hesiod) 2. metaphorically a father , (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →One whose business it is to cultivate the ground. It was one of the first occupations, and was esteemed most honourable (Gen. 9:20; 26:12, 14; 37:7, etc.). All the Hebrews, except those engaged in religious services, were husbandmen. (See AGRICULTURE.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
