idle

Greek Adjective

ἀργός, -όν (in late Gk, incl. NT, -ή, -όν; ἀ- neg, ἔργον) [in LXX: 3Ki.6:7 (מַסָּע), Wis.14:5 15:15, Sir.37:11 38:28 *;] inactive, idle: Mat.20:3, 6, 1Ti.5:13, Tit.1:12, 2Pe.1:8. Metaphorical, of things, inactive, ineffective, worthless: ῥῆμα, Mat.12:36; πίστις, Jas.2:20 (see Cremer, 259 f.). SYN.: βραδύς, slow; νωθρός, sluggish (Tr, Syn., § civ) (AS)

idle

Greek Adjective

ἀργός, όν, B) later ή, όν [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—properly not working the ground, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; idle, lazy, opposed to ἐργάτις, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὴν διάνοιαν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἂν ἀ. ᾖ if he have no trade, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with genitive of things, idle at a thing, free from it, τῶν οἴκοθεν from domestic toils, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. αἰσχρῶν slow to evil, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B.2) of things, δόρυ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of money, lying idle, yielding no return, opposed to ἐνεργός, [Refs 4th c.BC+] and 20; of land, lying fallow, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to πεφυτευμένος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; διατριβὴ ἀ. in which nothing is done, fruitless, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb ἀργῶς, ἐπιμέλεσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+] B.2.b) ἀ. λόγος, name of a sophism, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] B.II) passive,unwrought, ἁρμός, κυμάτιον, [Refs]unprepared for eating, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βύρσαι undressed hides, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; unpolished, [Refs 4th c.BC+] B.II.2) not done, left undone, κοὐκ ἦν ἔτ᾽ οὐδὲν ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐν ἀργοῖς not among things neglected, [Refs 6th c.BC+] B.II.3) unattempted, μάχη[Refs 5th c.BC+] B.II.4) Astrology texts, τόπος ἀ, name of the [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Adjective

inactive, i.e. unemployed; (by implication) lazy, useless; barren, idle, slow; from g1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and g2041 (ἔργον)