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ἀργός argos · G0692

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ἀργός, -όν; (in late Gk., incl. NT, -ή, -όν; ἀ- neg., ἔργον) [in LXX: 3Ki.6:7 (מַסָּע), Wis.14:5 15:15, Sir.37:11 38:28 * ; ] ; inactive, idle: Mat.20:3, 6, 1Ti.5:13, Tit.1:12, 2Pe.1:8. Metaphorical, of things, inactive, ineffective, worthless: ῥῆμα, Mat.12:36; πίστις, Jas.2:20 (see Cremer, 259 f.).†; SYN.: βραδύς, slow; νωθρός, sluggish (Tr., Syn., § civ) (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

ἀργός, όν, ; Blater ή, όν []:—properly not working the ground, []; idle, lazy, opposed to ἐργάτις, []; ἀ. τὴν διάνοιαν[]; ἂν ἀ. ᾖ if he have no trade, []: with genitive of things, idle at a thing, free from it, τῶν οἴκοθεν from domestic toils, []; ἀ. αἰσχρῶν slow to evil, []; B.2 of things, δόρυ[]; of money, lying idle, yielding no return, opposed to ἐνεργός, [] and 20; of land, lying fallow, []; opposed to πεφυτευμένος, []; διατριβὴ ἀ. in which nothing is done, fruitless, []. adverb ἀργῶς, …

Where it's used 9 times

Matthew 12:36 · Matthew 20:3 · Matthew 20:6 · 1 Timothy 5:13 · Titus 1:12 · James 2:20 · 2 Peter 1:8 … and 2 more

Source: TBESG G0692; TFLSJ G0692

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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