Amao denotes the harvesting work done by laborers in a field.

The attested use describes laborers carrying out field-harvesting work, in a context where their withheld wages cry out.

1. Field-harvesting work by laborers · dominant

   In James 5:4, the form ἀμησάντων is an aorist active participle, genitive plural masculine, referring to the workers whose labor is connected with the fields. The APB renders the clause “the workers who mowed your fields,” while the verse focuses on wages withheld from those workers.

   James 5:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: In James 5:4, the APB presents the workers as those who “mowed your fields.” This rendering confirms the field-labor setting without isolating every aspect of the Greek form.