ἈΡΓΑ, ἀργα
ARGA, arga
Sounds Like: AR-gah
Translations: idle, lazy, unprofitable, useless, barren, a lazy person, an idle person
From the root: ἈΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as idle, inactive, or unproductive. It can refer to a person who is lazy or to something that is barren or useless. It is often used to describe speech or actions that are without purpose or benefit.
Inflection: Nominative, Accusative, Vocative, Neuter, Plural; or Nominative, Vocative, Feminine, Singular
Strong’s number: G0692 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 10:4
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 14:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΓΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΡΓΗΝ — idle, inactive, unoccupied, useless, unworked, fallow, a day of rest, a rest day
- ἈΡΓΟΝ — idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, inactive, barren, a barren
- ἈΡΓΟΣ — idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, inactive, barren, a barren
- ἈΡΓΟΤΕΡΑΝ — later, slower, more idle, more inactive
- ἈΡΓΟΥΣ — idle, lazy, inactive, useless, unprofitable, barren
- ἈΡΓΩΣ — idly, lazily, unprofitably, uselessly, inactively
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