Husbandman

from ge, "land, ground," and ergo (or erdo), "to do" (Eng., "George"), denotes (a) "a husbandman," a tiller of the ground, 2Ti 2:6, Jam 5:7; (b) "a vine-dresser," Mat 1:21-35, Mat 21:38, Mat 1:21-41, Mar 1:12-2, Mar 12:7, Mar 12:9, Luk 1:20-10, Luk 20:14, Luk 20:16, Joh 15:1, where Christ speaks of the Father as the "Husbandman," Himself as the Vine, His disciples as the branches, the object being to bear much fruit, life in Christ producing the fruit of the Spirit, i.e., character and ways in conformity to Christ.