ἀργέω
argéō · G691 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to be idle, to not be in force, to not be operative
(Derivative of ἀργός ‘idle, not working,’) To not be functioning
Examples2 Peter 2:3 and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κρίμαjudgment, condemnation 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔκπαλαιlong ago 1
- οὐnot 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- βραδύνω bradýnō · G1019 · to be slow, to delay
- Captures the figurative sense of delay mentioned in the target's gloss; describes slowness or postponement of action
Contrasting words 1 word
- σπεύδω speúdō · G4692 · to hasten to, to hurry to, to do quickly
- Direct opposite of delaying or being idle; expresses urgency and swift action
In the other Testament 1 word
- בָּטֵל bâṭêl · H988 · to cease working, to become idle, to cause (someone or some activity) to stop
- Direct Hebrew equivalent for the concept of being idle or inactive; used in contexts where activity or work ceases
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be idle, to not be in force, to not be operative42.2
- In 2 Peter 2:3, Peter warns of false teachers, “their judgment from long ago is not idle (argeĩ), and their destruction is not asleep,” describing a pending judgment that remains active rather than suspended.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀργῷ; (to be ἀργός, which see); to be idle, inactive; contextually, to linger, delay: 2…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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