74 occurrences in 13 translations

'Worker' in the Bible

A foreigner and a hired worker must not eat it.

Any man or woman who makes use of spirits, or who is a wonder-worker, is to be put to death: they are to be stoned with stones: their blood will be on them.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyFamiliar SpiritsDeath penaltyMale And FemaleSorcery And MagicSpiritismWitchcraftFortunetellingNecromancyAvoid SpiritismInstructions About StoningDeath Penalty For Heresywitchespsychics

" '{No stranger shall eat} [the] votive offering; nor shall a temporary resident with a priest or a hired worker eat [the] votive offering.

Verse ConceptsLaws Restricting Foreigners

You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat -- you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you,

Verse ConceptsHiringStrangers

He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

Verse ConceptsYearssales

He must calculate with the one who bought him the number of years from the year he sold himself to him until the jubilee year, and the cost of his sale must correspond to the number of years, according to the rate of wages a hired worker would have earned while with him.

Verse ConceptsHiringWagesAccording To Time

He must be with the one who bought him like a yearly hired worker. The one who bought him must not rule over him harshly in your sight.

Don't view this as a hardship for yourself when you set him free, for he will have served you for six years twice the time of a paid worker. Then the LORD will bless you in all that you do."

Verse ConceptsValuesSix YearsHardship

Let there not be seen among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or anyone using secret arts, or a maker of strange sounds, or a reader of signs, or any wonder-worker,

Verse ConceptsAstrologyChild sacrificeOccultismHuman SacrificesNecromancyAvoid SorcerySorceryDrugsmagicwitchespracticepsychicsOccultism Being Forbidden

Suppose he goes with someone else to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose from the handle and strikes his fellow worker so hard that he dies. The person responsible may then flee to one of these cities to save himself.

Verse ConceptsForestsToolsWoodCarpentry ToolsFelling TreesSharp ToolsIron Objects

"You shall not exploit a hired worker, [who is] needy and poor, from among your fellow men or from [among] your aliens who are in your land [and] in your {towns}.

Verse ConceptsThe NeedyAbuse Of Authority, Warnings AgainstMastersUnkindnessEmployersMasters Duties Towards ServantsAdvantagesForeigners Included In The LawNot Helping The PoorAliens

Now there was no iron-worker in all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, For fear the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears:

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofMetalworkersBlacksmiths

And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.

Verse ConceptsHairsHeadsPublic OpinionFar Be It!Hairs ProtectedIndividuals Saving Others

He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.

Verse ConceptsBrassActual Widowscraftsmanship

Jeroboam was a talented man; when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe of Joseph.

Verse ConceptsdiligenceDiligence, Results OfServants, GoodIndustry, Examples OfPromotionEntrustingForced Labour

So now send me an expert worker in gold and silver and brass and iron? in purple and red and blue, and in the cutting of all sorts of ornament, to be with the expert workmen who are here in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David got together.

Verse ConceptsCrimsonBronzeengravingGoldIronMetalworkersSilverSkillWisdom, Human NatureGoldsmithsColors, BlueMen Workingartistscraftsmanship

the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood; in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics, and in fine linen. He is able to make any kind of engraving and to carry out any design given him. He will work with your skilled men and those of my lord, David your father.

Verse ConceptsCrimsonengraving

Near them was working Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, the gold-worker. And by him was Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, building up Jerusalem as far as the wide wall.

Verse ConceptsMetalworkersPerfumeGoldsmithsBuilding Jerusalem's Wall

Look away from him and leave him alone, so he can enjoy his time, like a hired worker."

Verse ConceptsHiringHirelingsLeave Them Alone

That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

Verse ConceptsPregnancyMalice Of The Wicked

Your tongue devises destruction,Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

Verse ConceptsTongueFalsehoodSpeaking, EvilSharpnessRazors

Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.

Verse ConceptsSkillWisdom, Human NatureUnhearing

There will not live in the midst of my house a worker of deceit. One who speaks lies will not remain before my eyes.

Verse ConceptsFamilies, Nature OfLiesSaints Response To LyingAvoiding DeceitDeceitLying And Deceitcheaters

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

Verse ConceptsHighwayIdlenessSluggardsThornsTroubleProcrastinationHard TasksWorking Hard And Not Being Lazysloth

The life of a worker works for him, for his {hunger} urges him.

Verse ConceptsAppetite, PhysicalPhysical HungerMotivationhunger

The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

Verse ConceptsUnfaithfulness, To GodContentiousnessPunishment of the The Wickedtraitors

Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmendrossMetalworkersSilverRubbishRemoving People From Your Lifeprocessmold

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich permits him no sleep.

Verse ConceptsHard LaborWakefulnessMore Than EnoughHard WorkWorryingSleeping Peacefullyworkinghardworkworries

The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.

Verse ConceptsRankSkillFiftiesSkilled Peoplemagicartistscraftsmanship

And now the Lord says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, in spite of a very large population. And those who are left will be few and weak.”

Verse ConceptsInferiorityHirelingsPowerlessnessThree YearsSurvivors ThreatenedLosing Honour

A vision of fear comes before my eyes; the worker of deceit goes on in his false way, and the waster goes on making waste. Up! Elam; to the attack! Media; I have put an end to her sorrow.

Verse ConceptsProphetic Visionstraitors

For the Lord said this to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker counts years, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

Verse ConceptsendThe Glory Of ManOne YearLosing Honour

The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofBeauty, In ArtefactsChainsGoldMetalworkersGoldsmithscraftsmanship

So the metal-worker put heart into the gold-worker, and he who was hammering the metal smooth said kind words to the iron-worker, saying of the plate, It is ready: and he put it together with nails, so that there might be no slipping.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofRidicule, Nature OfSkillToolsGoldsmithsBlacksmithsHammersNailsEncouraging One AnotherEncouraging Othersencouragingwoodworkingcraftsmanshipprocess

The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.

Verse ConceptsArmsPhysical HungerOccupationsToolsCoal, Uses OfBlacksmithsTired In Activitycatswoodworking

The worker in wood stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with red chalk; he formeth it with sharp tools, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man: that it may remain in the house.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenShrinesSkillToolsBeauty, In MenLike Menartistswoodworkingmeasurement

As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPursesGoldHiringMetalworkersSkillGoldsmithsWeighingBowing To False GodsAmassing SilverGold TransferredNature Of Idolatrybalance

See, I have made the iron-worker, blowing on the burning coals, and making the instrument of war by his work; and I have made the waster for destruction.

Verse ConceptsOccupationsBlacksmithsThose Who DestroyFurnacescraftsmanshipcredibility

See, I will send snakes and poison-snakes among you, against which the wonder-worker has no power; and they will give you wounds which may not be made well, says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBitingPoisonSnakebites

Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workman and of the hands of the gold-worker; blue and purple is their clothing, all the work of expert men.

Verse ConceptsColors, BlueGoldSilverSkillToolsWisdom, Human NatureCommercePurple ClothesSkilled Peopleartistscraftsmanship

Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfIdolatry, Objections ToHaving No BreathFoolishness Of MenShame Of IdolatryDisappointmentHinduism

Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenFools, Characteristics OfHaving No BreathFoolishness Of MenShame Of IdolatryThose Who Were Ignorant

Then the Chaldaeans said to the king in answer, There is not a man on earth able to make clear the king's business; for no king, however great his power, has ever made such a request to any wonder-worker or user of secret arts or Chaldaean.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyDivinationUnique EventsNo One Available

But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.

Verse ConceptsPloughmenWork From YouthProphets Who Were Not SentAgricultureFarming

He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’

Verse ConceptsDivine DelaysFelling TreesThree YearsSeeking For Concrete ThingsNo Roomspacecutting

The hired worker, who isn't the shepherd and doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, deserts the sheep, and runs away. So the wolf snatches them and scatters them,

Verse ConceptsSatan, Compared With AnimalsUnfaithful MinistersScattered Like SheepMen Similar To AnimalsWolvesPeople Abandoning People

because he's a hired worker, and the sheep don't matter to him.

Verse ConceptsServants, Bad

But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:

Verse ConceptsClaimsPride, Examples OfSelf ConfidenceSuperiorityBoastersGreat IndividualsSorcerymagic

And he was living in Joppa for some time with Simon, a leather-worker.

Verse ConceptsTanningOccupations

Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.

Verse ConceptsLeatherArts And Crafts, Types ofOccupationsSeashores

Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.

Verse ConceptsGuestsHospitality, Examples OfSeashoresStaying Temporarily

And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;

Verse ConceptsExamples Of FaithDivination, Practiced ByTravelFalse Teachers, Examples OfFalse Apostles, Prophets And TeachersSorcery

But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsGospel, Responses ToCausing People To TurnMeaningSorcery

for a certain one, Demetrius by name, a worker in silver, making silver sanctuaries of Artemis, was bringing to the artificers gain not a little,

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofCraftsmenSculptureShrinesSilverSkill

Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.

Verse ConceptsFellowship, In Christian ServiceFellow WorkersRelativesWorkers

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker on your behalf. Our brothers, emissaries from the churches, are bringing glory to the Messiah.

Verse ConceptsFellowship, In Christian ServiceFellow WorkersApostles, Descriptionpartnership

Meanwhile, I thought it best to send Epaphroditus my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, but your messenger and minister to my need back to you.

Verse ConceptsGood FriendsFellowship, In Christian ServiceAliancesFellow WorkersMessengerMissionaries, Support ForSoldiersVisitingFriendship, Examples Ofministering

1From: Paul, a prisoner of the Messiah Jesus, and Timothy our brother. To: Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker,

Verse ConceptsFellow WorkersTitles And Names Of MinistersChristians Are Called Prisoners Of Christ

And the voice of players and makers of music will never again be sounding in you: and no worker, expert in art, will ever again be living in you; and there will be no sound of the crushing of grain any more at all in you;

Verse ConceptsBabylonFlutesHarpsMillstonesGrinding FoodNo MusicInstrumentalistsartistscraftsmanship

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Actor (1 instance)
Worker (74 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
חרשׁ 
Charash 
Usage: 37

פּעל 
Pa`al 
Usage: 57

ἐργάτης 
Ergates 
Usage: 6

συνεργέω 
sunergeo 
Usage: 5

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