Argós — G692

Definition

adjective

inactive, i.e. unemployed; (by implication) lazy, useless

1. free from labor, at leisure
2. lazy, shunning the labor which one ought to perform
3. of things from which no profit is derived, although they can and ought to be productive

Usually translated as

idle, barren, slow

Origin

from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2041

• A (G1)
• érgon (G2041)

Occurrences

Argós occurs 8 times in 6 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (3), 1 Timothy (1), Titus (1), 2 Peter (1)

• Matthew 12:36 — But I say unto you, That every idle (ἀργὸν) word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
• Matthew 20:3 — And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle (ἀργούς) in the marketplace,
• Matthew 20:6 — And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle (ἀργούς), and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
• Matthew 20:6 — And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle (ἀργοί)?
• 1 Timothy 5:13 — And withal they learn to be idle (ἀργαί), wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
• 1 Timothy 5:13 — And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle (ἀργαί), but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
• Titus 1:12 — One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow (ἀργαί) bellies.
• 2 Peter 1:8 — For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren (ἀργούς) nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.