oknēros

Strong’sG3636

slothful, backward

stem oknēr-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 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.

ὀκνηρός, -ά, -όν

(< ὀκνέω), [in LXX for עָצֵל Pr 6:6, 9 al.;]

shrinking, hesitating, timid: c. dat. (Bl., § 38, 2), Ro 12:11; hence, slothful: Mt 25:26. Of things, that which causes shrinking, irksome: Phl 3:1.†

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

Strong’s G3636 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidok-nay-ros'

tardy, i.e. indolent; (figuratively) irksome

Fromfrom G3635;

King Jamesgrievous, slothful.

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

ὀκν-ηρός, ά, όν,
shrinking, timid, ἐλπίδες -ότεραι Refs 5th c.BC+; especially from fear, opposed to τολμηρός, Refs 4th c.BC+. adverb -ρῶς reluctantly, Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ότερονRefs 5th c.BC+
2 idle, sluggish, Refs 4th c.AD+
II of things, causing fear, vexatious, troublesome, ἡμῖν μὲν.. ταῦτ᾽ ὀκνηρά Refs 5th c.BC+

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.

lagging1×lazy1×trouble1×

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	oknēros	oknēras	oknērem1×ὀκνηρόν	oknērois1×ὀκνηροί	oknērais	oknēreim
object accusative	oknēron	oknēran		oknēroin	oknērain
direct address vocative	oknēror1×ὀκνηρέ	oknērar		oknēroir	oknērair
of, belonging to genitive	oknērou	oknērau	oknēreu	oknēroiu	oknēraiu	oknēreiu
to, for dative	oknēro	oknēra	oknēre	oknēroi	oknērai	oknērei

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

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

oknēr 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

Where it appears

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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

oknēror“lazy”direct addressvocative singular1×

Matthew 25:26… autou legata auto; Ponēror doulor kai oknēror, oidaselē hoti therizamō hopou ouk sperama …‘You wicked, lazy servant!’ replied his master. ‘You knew …

oknērem“trouble”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Philippians 3:1… auteim grafarō vi mi men ouk oknērem, vi de asfalem.… in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same …

oknērois“lagging”subjectnominative plural1×

Romans 12:11“lagging”ta spouda mē oknērois, te pneume zesarōntois, to kurio douleuarōntois,Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.