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argós

idle

Say it: ar-GOS (approximate)

ἀργός

What it means

Idle, lazy, unproductive (a- "not" plus ergon "work"). In 5:13, "they also learn to be idle." In Matthew 20:3, laborers "standing idle in the marketplace," and in Titus 1:12, "lazy gluttons."

Range of meaning

  • IdleDoing no work.
  • LazyUnwilling to work.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 5

    "They also learn to be idle" (5:13).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G0692 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources