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)
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G692 — ἀργός
argos · idle · Greek
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Matthew 12:36 · ἀργὸν‘And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;Matthew 20:3 · ἀργούς‘And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,Matthew 20:6 · ἀργοί;And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?1 Timothy 5:13 · ἀργαὶ · ἀργαί,and at the same time also, they learn to be idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;Titus 1:12 · ἀργαί.A certain one of them, a prophet of their own, said—‘Cretans! always liars, evil beasts, lazy bellies!’James 2:20 · ἀργήAnd dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?2 Peter 1:8 · ἀργοὺςfor these things being to you and abounding, do make you neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ,