G4980

σχολάζω

scholazō

Verb · From σχολή (G4981)

From G4981; to take a holiday, i.e. be at leisure for (by implication, devote oneself wholly to); figuratively, to be vacant (of a house):—empty, give self.

Outline

to cease from labour, to loiter
to be free from labour, to be at leisure, to be idle

to have leisure for a thing
to give one's self to a thing

of things

of places, to be unoccupied, empty
of a centurion's vacant office
of vacant ecclesiastical offices
of officers without charge

Usages

Matthew 12:44

Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

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1 Corinthians 7:5

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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