ἨΡΓΗΣΑΝ, ἠργησαν
ĒRGĒSAN, ērgēsan
Sounds Like: air-GEE-san
Translations: they ceased, they were idle, they were inactive
From the root: ΑΡΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes an action of ceasing from work, being idle, or becoming inactive. It is typically used to indicate a state of rest or a lack of activity, often implying a cessation of a previous action or a state of being unproductive. It is the third person plural aorist active indicative form of the verb ἀργέω.
Inflection: Third Person, Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G0691 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ecclesiastes — 12:3
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
- ἈΡΓΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — being idle, having been idle, having become idle, having ceased working
- 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
- ἨΡΓΟΥΝ — they were idle, they were doing nothing, they were inactive
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