{The hire} (ho misthos). Old word for wages ( Mt 20:8 ).
{Labourers} (ergat(936e)). Any one who works (ergazomai),
especially agricultural workers ( Mt 9:37 ). {Who mowed} ( (936e)
am(8873)ant(936e)). Genitive plural of the articular first aorist active
participle of ama(935c) (from hama, together), old verb, to gather
together, to reap, here only in N.T. {Fields} (ch(9372)as). Estates
or farms ( Lu 12:16 ). {Which is of you kept back by fraud} (ho
aphuster(886d)enos aph' hum(936e)). Perfect passive articular participle
of aphustere(935c), late compound (simplex hustere(935c) common as Mt
19:20 ), to be behindhand from, to fail of, to cause to withdraw,
to defraud. Pitiful picture of earned wages kept back by rich
Jews, old problem of capital and labour that is with us yet in
acute form. {The cries} (hai boai). Old word from which oa(935c)
comes ( Mt 3:3 ), here only in N.T. The stolen money "cries out"
(krazei), the workers cry out for vengeance. {That reaped}
( (936e) therisant(936e)). Genitive plural of the articular participle
first aorist active of heriz(935c) (old verb from heros, summer,
Mt 24:32 ), to reap, to harvest while summer allows ( Mt 6:26 ).
{Have entered} (eisel(886c)uthan). Perfect active third person
plural indicative of eiserchomai, old and common compound, to
go or come into. This late form is by analogy of the aorist for
the usual form in -asi. {Of the Lord of Sabaoth} (Kuriou
Saba(9374)h). "Of the Lord of Hosts," quotation from Isa 5:9 as in
Ro 9:29 , transliterating the Hebrew word for "Hosts," an
expression for the omnipotence of God like Pantokrat(9372) ( Re
4:8 ). God hears the cries of the oppressed workmen even if the
employers are deaf.
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