ὈΚΝΗΡΟΙ, ὀκνηροι
OKNĒROI, oknēroi
Sounds Like: ok-NAY-roy
Translations: lazy, a lazy one, slothful, a slothful one, hesitant, a hesitant one, timid, a timid one
From the root: ΟΚΝΗΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is lazy, slothful, or hesitant. It can also imply timidity or a lack of eagerness. It is used to characterize individuals who are slow to act or unwilling to exert effort. For example, it might describe someone who is not diligent in their work or is reluctant to take on a task.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3636 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 11:16
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 12:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΚΝΗΡΟΣ.
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.
- ὈΚΝΗΡΑ — lazy, slothful, hesitant, timid, a lazy (one)
- ὈΚΝΗΡΕ — lazy, slothful, idle, a lazy one, O lazy one
- ὈΚΝΗΡΟΝ — lazy, slothful, sluggish, hesitant, tedious, troublesome, a lazy thing, a troublesome thing
- ὈΚΝΗΡΟΤΕΡΑΣ — of more hesitant, of more slothful, of more timid, of more sluggish, of more lazy
- ὈΚΝΗΡΟΤΕΡΟΣ — more lazy, lazier, more sluggish, more hesitant, more timid
- ὈΚΝΗΡΟΥ — of lazy, of a lazy, of timid, of a timid, of hesitant, of a hesitant
- ὈΚΝΗΡΟΥΣ — lazy, idle, timid, cowardly, slothful
- ὈΚΝΗΡΩΣ — reluctantly, slowly, lazily, hesitantly, timidly
- ΟΚΝΗΡ — lazy, slothful, timid, hesitant, a lazy person
- ΟΚΝΗΡΑ — sluggish, lazy, timid, fearful, hesitant, slow, a sluggish, a lazy
- ΟΚΝΗΡΕ — lazy, slothful, idle, a lazy one, a slothful one
- ΟΚΝΗΡΟΙ — lazy, slothful, idle, timid, a lazy person, slothful ones
- ΟΚΝΗΡΟΝ — slothful, lazy, hesitant, timid, troublesome, a slothful, a lazy, a hesitant, a timid, a troublesome
- ΟΚΝΗΡΟΣ — slothful, lazy, timid, hesitant, a slothful, a lazy, a timid, a hesitant
- ΟΚΝΗΡΟΥ — of lazy, of a lazy, of slothful, of a slothful, of hesitant, of a hesitant
- ΟΚΝΗΡΟΥΣ — lazy, slothful, timid, shrinking, a lazy, a slothful, a timid, a shrinking
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