Word study · Greek
atakteō
be idle
Say it: at-ak-TEH-o (approximate)
ἀτακτέω
What it means
To be disorderly, to be idle. In 3:7, "we were not idle among you," Paul and his friends worked. It appears only here.
Range of meaning
- Be idleNot do one's share.
- Be disorderlyBreak ranks.
In 2 Thessalonians
- Chapter 3
"We were not idle among you" (3:7).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G0812 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources