ΟΚΝΗΡΟΙ, οκνηροι
OKNĒROI, oknēroi
Sounds Like: OK-nay-roy
Translations: lazy, slothful, idle, timid, a lazy person, slothful ones
From the root: ΟΚΝΗΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is lazy, slothful, or hesitant to act. It can also imply timidity or a lack of courage. It is often used to characterize individuals who are unwilling to exert effort or are slow to respond. In the provided examples, it describes a woman who is 'hating righteous wealth' as 'lazy' (or 'slothful'), and in the second, it is an exhortation 'not to be lazy' in zeal.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3636 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
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
- 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
- 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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