Strong's Greek · G692
ἀργός
argós
Definitioninactive, i.e. unemployed; (by implication) lazy, useless
Derivationfrom G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and G2041 (ἔργον);
KJV usagebarren, idle, slow
Occurrences8 in the KJV · 6 verses
ἀργός in Scripture
Matthew 12:36
But I say unto you, That every idle 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 in the marketplace,
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?
1 Timothy 5:13
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, 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 bellies.
2 Peter 1:8
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.