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Lexicon :: Strong's G692 - argos

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ἀργός
Transliteration
argos (Key)
Pronunciation
ar-gos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and ἔργον (G2041)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:452,76

Trench's Synonyms: civ. βραδύς, νωθρός, ἀργός.

Strong’s Definitions

ἀργός argós, ar-gos'; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2041; inactive, i.e. unemployed; (by implication) lazy, useless:—barren, idle, slow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G692 in the following manner: idle (6x), slow (1x), barren (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G692 in the following manner: idle (6x), slow (1x), barren (1x).

  1. free from labour, at leisure

  2. lazy, shunning the labour which one ought to perform

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀργός argós, ar-gos'; from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2041; inactive, i.e. unemployed; (by implication) lazy, useless:—barren, idle, slow.
STRONGS G692:
ἀργός, -όν, and in later writings from Aristotle, hist. anim. 10, 40 [vol. i., p. 627a, 15] on and consequently also in the N. T. with the feminine ἀργή, which among the early Greeks Epimenides alone is said to have used, Titus 1:12; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 104f; id. Paralip., p. 455ff; Winers Grammar, 68 (67) [cf. 24; Buttmann, 25 (23)], (contracted from ἄεργος which Homer uses, from α privative and ἔργον without work, without labor, doing nothing), inactive, idle;
a. free from labor, at leisure (ἀργὸν εἶναι, Herodotus 5, 6): Matthew 20:3, 6 [Rec.]; 1 Timothy 5:13.
b. lazy, shunning the labor which one ought to perform, (Homer, Iliad 9, 320 ὅ, τ’ ἀεργὸς ἀνήρ, ὅ, τε πολλὰ ἐοργώς): πίστις, James 2:20 (L T Tr WH for R G νεκρά); γαστέρες ἀργαί i. e. idle gluttons, from Epimenides, Titus 1:12 (Nicet. ann. 7, 4, 135 d. εἰς ἀργὰς γαστέρας ὀχετηγήσας); ἀργὸς καὶ ἄκαρπος εἴς τι, 2 Peter 1:8.
c. of things from which no profit is derived, although they can and ought to be productive; as of fields, trees, gold and silver, (cf. Grimm on Wis. 14:5; [Liddell and Scott, under the word I. 2]); unprofitable, ῤῆμα ἀργόν, by litotes equivalent to pernicious (see ἄκαρπος): Matthew 12:36.
[Synonyms: ἀργός, βραδύς, νωθρός: ἀργ. idle, involving blame-worthiness; βρ. slow (tardy), having a purely temporal reference and no necessary bad sense; νωθρ. sluggish, descriptive of constitutional qualities and suggestive of censure. Schmidt ch. 49; Trench § 104]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
12:36; 20:3; 20:6
1 Timothy
5:13
Titus
1:12; 1:12
James
2:20
2 Peter
1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G692 matches the Greek ἀργός (argos),
which occurs 8 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:36

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“I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to account for every careless[fn] word they speak.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:3

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“When he went out about nine in the morning,[fn] he saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

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“Then about five[fn] he went and found others standing around[fn] and said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day doing nothing? ’

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At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:12

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One of their very own prophets said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:20

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Senseless person! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

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For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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