adjective

Greekἀργός (argos)

Biblang

argos

Strong’sG692

idle, lazy, thoughtless

stem arg-8 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἀργός, -όν

(in late Gk., incl. NT, -ή, -όν; < ἀ- neg., ἔργον), [in LXX: III Ki 6:7 (מַסָּע?), Wi 14:5 15:15, Si 37:11 38:28*;]

inactive, idle: Mt 20:3, 6, I Ti 5:13, Tit 1:12, II Pe 1:8. Metaph., of things, inactive, ineffective, worthless: ῥῆμα, Mt 12:36; πίστις, Ja 2:20 (v. Cremer, 259 f.).†

SYN.: βραδύς, slow; νωθρός, sluggish (Tr., Syn., § civ).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G692 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidar-gos'

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

Fromfrom G1 (as a negative particle) and G2041;

King Jamesbarren, idle, slow.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἀργός, όν,

Blater 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 διάνοιανRefs 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, δόρυRefs 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, ἐπιμέλεσθαιRefs 5th c.BC+
B.2.b ἀ. λόγος, name of a sophism, Refs 3rd c.BC+
B.II passive,unwrought, ἁρμός, κυμάτιον, Refsunprepared 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, μάχηRefs 5th c.BC+
B.II.4 Astrology texts, τόπος ἀ., name of the Refs 2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

idle4×careless1×ineffective1×lazy1×useless1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	argos	argas1×ἀργή	argem1×ἀργὸν	argois1×ἀργοί	argais3×ἀργαὶ	argeim
object accusative	argon	argan		argoin2×ἀργούς	argain
direct address vocative	argor	argar		argoir	argair
of, belonging to genitive	argou	argau	argeu	argoiu	argaiu	argeiu
to, for dative	argo	arga	arge	argoi	argai	argei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

argstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

arg is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

argamō — ἀργέω, I linger, delay, am idle

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

8 occurrences, every one of them listed

argas“useless”subjectnominative singular1×

James 2:20“useless”… hoti tas pistias chōris teiu ergeiu argas atō?… want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

argem“careless”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Matthew 12:36legamō de vi hoti pantem rēmem argem hem lalali tois anthrōpois, apodōali peri …… the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

argois“idle”subjectnominative plural1×

Matthew 20:6“idle”… Tinem hōde stēavē holan tan hēmeran argois?… standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing …

argoin“idle”objectaccusative plural2×

Matthew 20:3“idle”… horata allosoin stēarēntoin en ta agora argoin;… out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.

2 Peter 1:8… gar vi huparcharōnteim kai pleonazarōnteim ouk argoin oude akarpoin katastēatō eis tan tou …… they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of …

argais“idle”subjectnominative plural3×

1 Timothy 5:13hama de kai argais mathalō, perierchorōntais tain oikiain, ouk monem …… they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and …

1 Timothy 5:13… perierchorōntais tain oikiain, ouk monem de argais alla kai fluarais kai periergais, lalarōntais …… to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing …

Titus 1:12… Krētois aei pseustois, kakoseim thēreim, gastrais argais;… Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”