ἈΡΓΗΣ, ἀργης
ARGĒS, argēs
Sounds Like: ar-GAYS
Translations: to be idle, to be inactive, to cease from work, to be unemployed, to do nothing
From the root: ἈΡΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the state of being idle, inactive, or ceasing from work. It can refer to someone who is unemployed or simply not doing anything. It implies a lack of activity or productivity.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G0691 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 19:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΡΓΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΡΓΕΙΝ — to be idle, to be inactive, to rest, to do nothing, to cease from labor
- ἈΡΓΟΥΝΤΑΣ — being idle, doing nothing, inactive, lazy, idle, doing nothing
- ἨΡΓΕΙ — was idle, was inactive, was doing nothing, was unemployed
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