ἈΡΓΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ, ἀργησαντας
ARGĒSANTAS, argēsantas
Sounds Like: ar-GAY-san-tas
Translations: being idle, having been idle, having become idle, having ceased working
From the root: ΑΡΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'to be idle' or 'to be inactive'. It describes someone who has ceased from work or activity, or who has become lazy or unemployed. In a sentence, it functions like an adjective, modifying a noun and indicating that the noun has performed the action of being idle.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Masculine, Plural, Accusative
Strong’s number: G0691 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 20 — 9:219
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΓΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΡΓΕΙΤΑΙ — is idle, is inactive, is at rest, is kept fallow, is left uncultivated
- ἈΡΓΗΣΩΜΕΝ — we will be idle, we will be inactive, we will be useless, we will be lazy
- ἈΡΓΟΥΜΕΝ — we are idle, we are inactive, we are doing nothing
- ἈΡΓΟΥΝΤΕΣ — being idle, doing nothing, being inactive, idle, inactive
- ΑΡΓΕΙ — is idle, is inactive, delays, lingers, neglects, is useless
- ΑΡΓΕΙΝ — to be idle, to be inactive, to be unemployed, to delay, to linger
- ΑΡΓΕΙΤΑΙ — is idle, is inactive, is unemployed, is useless, is ineffective
- ΑΡΓΕΩ — to be idle, to be inactive, to be unemployed, to delay, to linger
- ΑΡΓΟΥΝΤΑΣ — being idle, doing nothing, being inactive, being useless
- ἨΡΓΗΣΑΝ — they ceased, they were idle, they were inactive
- ἨΡΓΟΥΝ — they were idle, they were doing nothing, they were inactive
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