Greek adjective · G692
ἀργός
argosar-gos'
idle
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: argós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G692is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G692
inactive, i.e. unemployed; (by implication) lazy, useless
The King James renders it: barren, idle, slow.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
argos is rendered "idle". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:36But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Matthew 12:36ἀργὸν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- idle5
- careless1
- lazy1
- worthless1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀργαί2
- ἀργαὶ1
- ἀργή1
- ἀργοί1
- ἀργὸν1
- ἀργούς1
- ἀργοὺς1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine plural3A-NPF
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural2A-APM
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular1A-ASN
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1A-NPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1A-NSF
Matthew
three uses
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
- ἀργὸνargonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: careless
About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.
- ἀργούςargousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: idle
About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
- ἀργοίargoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: idle
1 Timothy
two uses
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
- ἀργαὶargaiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: idle
- ἀργαίargaiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: idle
Titus
one use
As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
- ἀργαίargaiadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: lazy
James
one use
O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
- ἀργήargeadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: worthless
2 Peter
one use
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- ἀργοὺςargousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: idle
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.