ὈΚΝΗΡΟΝ, ὀκνηρον
OKNĒRON, oknēron
Sounds Like: ok-NAY-ron
Translations: lazy, slothful, sluggish, hesitant, tedious, troublesome, a lazy thing, a troublesome thing
From the root: ΟΚΝΗΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning lazy, slothful, or sluggish. It can also describe something as tedious or troublesome. It is used to describe a person who is unwilling to work or exert effort, or a task that is difficult or burdensome.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3636 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Proverbs — 21:25
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Philippians — 3:1
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
- ὈΚΝΗΡΟΙ — lazy, a lazy one, slothful, a slothful one, hesitant, a hesitant one, timid, a timid one
- 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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