Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who makes and tends a garden; a horticulturist. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GARDENER gar'-d'-n-er (kepouros): "Gardener" occurs once in the English Versions of the Bible (John 20:15), the translation of kepos and ouros, "warden" or "keeper." It is likely that the man referred to was the watchman or keeper (Arabic natur; Hebrew notser), corresponding to those mentioned in 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 18:8 Job 27:18, etc., and not one who did the manual labor. It is the common practice in Palestine today to set a watchman over a garden during its productive season. See WATCHMAN.

Multi-Version Concordance Gardener (4 Occurrences) Luke 13:7 So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?' (WEY BBE) Luke 13:8 "But the gardener pleaded, "'Leave it, Sir, this year also, till I have dug round it and manured it. (WEY) John 15:1 I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. (BBE NIV) John 20:15 Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)