ὈΚΝΗΡΙΑΙΣ, ὀκνηριαις
OKNĒRIAIS, oknēriais
Sounds Like: ok-nay-REE-ais
Translations: slothfulness, idleness, laziness, a slothfulness, an idleness, a laziness
From the root: ΟΚΝΗΡΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the state or quality of being slothful, idle, or lazy. It describes a lack of willingness to work or exert oneself, often implying a sluggish or hesitant disposition. It can be used in sentences to describe a characteristic or a condition, such as 'their slothfulness led to ruin'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3636 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ecclesiastes — 10:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΚΝΗΡΙΑ.
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.
- ΟΚΝΗΡΙΑΙΣ — (to) slothfulness, (to) laziness, (to) idleness, (to) hesitation, (to) timidity
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.