James 5:4:5Jas.5.4.W5TAB
ἐργατῶν
ergatôn
“workers”
- Transliteration
- er-ga-TÔN
- Extended
- ehr-gah-TOHN
- IPA
- /er.gaˈtɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- workers
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
er-ga-TÔN
- sentence
i-dou ho mis-THOS tôn er-ga-TÔN tôn a-mê-SAN-tōn tas KHŌ-ras hy-MŌN ho a-phys-te-rê-ME-nos aph hy-MŌN KRA-dzei KAI hai bo-a-I tôn the-ri-SAN-tōn eis ta Ō-ta ky-REE-oo sa-ba-ŌTH ei-se-lê-LY-tha-sin
Exegesis
The noun phrase ho misthos ton ergatōn ton amēsántōn tas chôras humôn {ὁ μισθὸς τῶν ἐργατῶν τῶν ἀμησάντων τὰς χώρας ὑμῶν | ho misthós tôn ergatôn tôn amēsántōn tas chôras humôn} marks the owed compensation of workers who have already harvested the addressees’ land.
In context — James 5:4
Behold, the wage of the laborers who harvested your fields, which you kept back by fraud, is crying out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth .
About this coordinate
James 5:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of James 5:4, so the Greek word ἐργατῶν (ergatôn) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jas.5.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.5.4.W5.S1) and character.