G692: ἀργός
argós · “idle”
Definition
inactive, i.e. unemployed; (by implication) lazy, useless
KJV translates it as: barren, idle, slow
Word origin: from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G2041 (ἔργον);
Extended definition
(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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G692 is translated
- idle ×3
- careless ×1
- idle? ×1
- to be idle ×1
- idle, ×1
- lazy. ×1
- worthless ×1
Bible verses with G692 (argós)
Argós appears in 7 verses.
- 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.
- Matthew 20:3
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
- 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?
- 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.
- Titus 1:12
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
- James 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
- 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.