ἈΡΓΟΣ, ἀργος
ARGOS, argos
Sounds Like: AR-gos
Translations: idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, inactive, barren, a barren
From the root: ἈΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as idle, lazy, or inactive. It can also refer to something that is useless, unprofitable, or barren. It is often used to describe a person who is not working or producing, or a thing that serves no purpose. It is a compound word, formed from the negative prefix 'α-' (not) and 'ἔργον' (work), literally meaning 'without work'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0692 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' The Jewish War
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 5 — 4:4
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 12:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΓΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΓΑ — idle, lazy, unprofitable, useless, barren, a lazy person, an idle person
- ἈΡΓΗΝ — idle, inactive, unoccupied, useless, unworked, fallow, a day of rest, a rest day
- ἈΡΓΟΝ — idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, inactive, barren, a barren
- ἈΡΓΟΤΕΡΑΝ — later, slower, more idle, more inactive
- ἈΡΓΟΥΣ — idle, lazy, inactive, useless, unprofitable, barren
- ἈΡΓΩΣ — idly, lazily, unprofitably, uselessly, inactively
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