ἨΡΓΟΥΝ, ἠργουν
ĒRGOUN, ērgoun
Sounds Like: ayr-GOON
Translations: they were idle, they were doing nothing, they were inactive
From the root: ΑΡΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes a state of being idle or inactive. It is used to indicate that a group of people were not working or were refraining from any activity. It implies a lack of engagement or productivity.
Inflection: 3rd Person Plural, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G0691 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:60
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
- ἨΡΓΗΣΑΝ — they ceased, they were idle, they were inactive
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