ἈΡΓΟΝ, ἀργον
ARGON, argon
Sounds Like: AR-gon
Translations: idle, lazy, useless, unprofitable, inactive, barren, a barren
From the root: ἈΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
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 a thing that is barren or unprofitable. It is often used to denote a lack of activity or purpose.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0692 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 12:36
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.
- ἈΡΓΑ — idle, lazy, unprofitable, useless, barren, a lazy person, an idle person
- ἈΡΓΗΝ — idle, inactive, unoccupied, useless, unworked, fallow, a day of rest, a rest day
- 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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