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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἀργός

Strong’s: G692

Associated OET lemmas: ἀργός

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἀργός; -ή, -όν

Constructions: ἀργός; ἀ-; ἐργάζομαι

Sense 1: idle, not working

Semantic entry: 42.46

Semantic domains: Perform, Do

Subdomains: Work, Toil

Definition: pertaining to not working

MAT 20:3: RV MAT 20:3 · LV MAT 20:3 · Read together MAT 20:3

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OET-RV MAT 20:3

3 Then around 9am he noticed some others standing idle in the marketplace,

OET-LV MAT 20:3

3 And having_come_out about the_third hour, he_saw others having_stood idle in the marketplace,

MAT 20:6: RV MAT 20:6 · LV MAT 20:6 · Read together MAT 20:6

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OET-RV MAT 20:6

6 When he came out around 5pm, and there were still people just standing around, he asked them, ‘Why have you been idly standing here all day?’

OET-LV MAT 20:6

6 And having_come_out about the eleventh, he_found others having_stood, and he_is_saying to_them:
Why have_you_all_stood here idle all the day?
All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 20:3 · RV MAT 20:6 · LV MAT 20:3 · LV MAT 20:6 · Read together MAT 20:3 · Read together MAT 20:6

JAM: RV JAM 2:20 · LV JAM 2:20 · Read together JAM 2:20

Sense 2: lazy, good-for-nothing

Semantic entry: 88.248

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Laziness, Idleness

Definition: pertaining to habitually refusing to work (probably with a more unfavorable connotation than in the case of ἄτακτος, 88.247: ἄτακτος / 88.247: ἀτάκτως)

TI1 5:13: RV TI1 5:13 · LV TI1 5:13 · Read together TI1 5:13

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OET-RV TI1 5:13

13 Plus they often follow others in idly going around houses, and not just being idle but also gossipping and meddling and chatting about things they shouldn’t.

OET-LV TI1 5:13

13 But also together they_are_learning to_be idle, going_around the houses, and not only idle, but also gossips and meddling, speaking the things not fitting.

TIT 1:12: RV TIT 1:12 · LV TIT 1:12 · Read together TIT 1:12

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OET-RV TIT 1:12

12 One of their own prophets said that the people from Kraitai (Crete) are liars, evil beasts, and lazy gluttons,

OET-LV TIT 1:12

12 Someone said of them, an_own prophet of_them:
ones_from_Kraʸtaʸ always are liars, evil wild_beasts, idle bellies.

Sense 3: careless, without thought

Semantic entry: 30.44

Semantic domains: Think

Subdomains: To Think About, with the Implied Purpose of Responding Appropriately

Definition: pertaining to not giving careful consideration to something

Notes: For another interpretation of ἀργός in RV MAT 12:36 · LV MAT 12:36 · Read together MAT 12:36, see ἀργός[e] 72.21: ἀργός. It is also possible that ἀργός in RV MAT 12:36 · LV MAT 12:36 · Read together MAT 12:36 means useless (see ἀργός[d] 65.36: ἀργός).

MAT 12:36: RV MAT 12:36 · LV MAT 12:36 · Read together MAT 12:36

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OET-RV MAT 12:36

36 “But I’m telling you that people will have to give an account on judgement day for every worthless sentence they’ve spoken,

OET-LV MAT 12:36

36 But I_am_saying to_you_all that every idle message that the people will_be_speaking, they_will_be_giving_back an_account for it in day of_judgement.

Sense 4: useless

Semantic entry: 65.36

Semantic domains: Value

Subdomains: Useful, Useless

Definition: pertaining to being useless, in the sense of accomplishing nothing

JAM 2:20: RV JAM 2:20 · LV JAM 2:20 · Read together JAM 2:20

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OET-RV JAM 2:20

20 But the vain person still wants to know if faith without good deeds is wasted?

OET-LV JAM 2:20

20 But you_are_wanting to_know, Oh person vain, that the faith apart_from the works idle is?

PE2 1:8: RV PE2 1:8 · LV PE2 1:8 · Read together PE2 1:8

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OET-RV PE2 1:8

8 Because if these things are part of you and continually increasing, your knowledge of our master Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) Messiah won’t become useless or unproductive.

OET-LV PE2 1:8

8 For/Because these things being and being_plentiful in_you_all, is_appointing neither idle nor unfruitful, because/for the knowledge of_the master of_us, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) chosen_one/messiah.

Sense 5: careless, indifferent

Semantic entry: 72.21

Semantic domains: True, False

Subdomains: Accurate, Inaccurate

Definition: pertaining to showing indifference as to whether something is as it should be

Notes: It is also possible to interpret ἀργός in RV MAT 12:36 · LV MAT 12:36 · Read together MAT 12:36 as meaning ‘without thought’ (ἀργός[c] 30.44: ἀργός), ‘worthless,’ or even ‘useless’ (ἀργός[d] 65.36: ἀργός).

MAT 12:36: RV MAT 12:36 · LV MAT 12:36 · Read together MAT 12:36

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OET-RV MAT 12:36

36 “But I’m telling you that people will have to give an account on judgement day for every worthless sentence they’ve spoken,

OET-LV MAT 12:36

36 But I_am_saying to_you_all that every idle message that the people will_be_speaking, they_will_be_giving_back an_account for it in day of_judgement.