2001 Translation

ARGĒ, argē

Sounds Like: ar-GAY

Translations: idle, inactive, useless, unprofitable, lazy, a lazy person, an idle person, a useless thing, inactively, uselessly

From the root: ΑΡΓΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb

Explanation: This word describes something or someone as idle, inactive, or useless. It can refer to a person who is lazy or unproductive, or to something that is without purpose or effect. It can also function adverbially, meaning 'inactively' or 'uselessly'. It is often used in contexts encouraging diligence and discouraging idleness.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine (from ἈΡΓΟΣ); or Adverbial form

Strong’s number: G0692 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Sirach — 30:36

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• James — 2:20

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΓΟΣ.

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.

• ἈΡΓΑΙ — lazy, idle, inactive, useless, unprofitable, a lazy, an idle
• ἈΡΓΕΙ — Argos, in Argos
• ἈΡΓΟΙ — idle, lazy, useless, inactive, a useless thing, an inactive thing
• ἈΡΓΟΙΣ — idle, inactive, useless, barren, unfruitful, unemployed, lazy, a lazy, a useless
• ἈΡΓΟΤΕΡΩΝ — (of) later, (of) slower, (of) more idle, (of) more inactive
• ἈΡΓΩΝ — idle, inactive, lazy, useless, barren, of no effect, doing nothing, not working, of idle ones
• ΑΡΓΑ — idle, lazy, inactive, useless, unprofitable, a lazy person
• ΑΡΓΑΙ — idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, a lazy person, an idle person
• ΑΡΓΕΙΑ — idleness, a state of idleness, inactivity, a lack of activity
• ΑΡΓΗ — idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, barren, inactive
• ΑΡΓΗΝ — idle, lazy, unprofitable, useless, barren
• ΑΡΓΙΩΝ — of idle, of lazy, of worthless, of useless, of inactive, of unemployed
• ΑΡΓΟ — idle, lazy, inactive, useless, unprofitable, to be idle, to be inactive, to be useless
• ΑΡΓΟΙ — idle, lazy, unprofitable, barren, useless, a lazy person, a barren person, Argos
• ΑΡΓΟΙΣ — idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, barren, inactive, of no effect
• ΑΡΓΟΝ — idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, barren, inactive, a useless thing, a barren thing
• ΑΡΓΟΣ — idle, lazy, inactive, useless, unprofitable, apathetic
• ΑΡΓΟΤΕΡΩΝ — of slower, of more idle, of more lazy, of more inactive
• ΑΡΓΟΥΝΤΑ — idle, inactive, useless, doing nothing, without work, idle ones, inactive ones, useless ones
• ΑΡΓΟΥΣ — idle, lazy, unprofitable, useless, of Argos, of Argus
• ΑΡΓΩΝ — idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, barren, a useless thing
• ΤἈΡΓΑ — idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, barren, inactive, a lazy, an idle

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