G692

ἀργός

argos

Adjective · From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and ἔργον (G2041)

From G1 (as a negative particle) and G2041; inactive, i.e. unemployed; (by implication) lazy, useless:—barren, idle, slow.

Outline

free from labour, at leisure
lazy, shunning the labour which one ought to perform

Usages

Matthew 12:36

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Precepts

Ecclesiastes 5:6

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Matthew 20:3

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,

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Matthew 20:6

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

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1 Timothy 5:13

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

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Titus 1:12

One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.

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2 Peter 1:8

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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