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Lexicon :: Strong's G3636 - oknēros

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ὀκνηρός
Transliteration
oknēros (Key)
Pronunciation
ok-nay-ros'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:166,681

Strong’s Definitions

ὀκνηρός oknērós, ok-nay-ros'; from G3635; tardy, i.e. indolent; (figuratively) irksome:—grievous, slothful.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3636 in the following manner: slothful (2x), grievous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3636 in the following manner: slothful (2x), grievous (1x).

  1. sluggish, slothful, backward

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀκνηρός oknērós, ok-nay-ros'; from G3635; tardy, i.e. indolent; (figuratively) irksome:—grievous, slothful.
STRONGS G3636:
ὀκνηρός, ὀκνηρά, ὀκνηρόν (ὀκνέω), sluggish, slothful, backward: Matthew 25:26; with a dative of respect (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 6 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 21), Romans 12:11; οὐκ ὀκνηρόν μοι ἐστι, followed by an infinitive, is not irksome to me, I am not reluctant, Philippians 3:1 (cf. Lightfoot at the passage). (Pindar, Sophocles, Thucydides, Demosthenes, Theocritus, etc.; the Sept. for עָצֵל.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
25:26
Romans
12:11
Philippians
3:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3636 matches the Greek ὀκνηρός (oknēros),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:6 - Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - How long will you slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:16 - A gracious woman retains honor,
But ruthless men retain riches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 - The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,[fn]
And they go down into the inmost body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:4 - The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:25 - The desire of the lazy man kills him,
For his hands refuse to labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:13 - The lazy man says, “There is a lion in the road!
A fierce lion is in the streets!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:14 - As a door turns on its hinges,
So does the lazy man on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:15 - The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl;[fn]
It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:16 - The lazy man is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:27 - She watches over the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
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