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Koine Greek wordlink #137978

SR GNT 1 Tim 5:13 ἀργαί (argai) ‘not only and idle but also gossips’ Strongs=6920 Lemma=argos
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=feminine number=plural
Year=65 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ἀργαί (S-NFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀργαί’ (S-NFP) is always and only glossed as ‘idle’.

1 Tim 5:13 ‘together but also idle they are learning to_be going_around houses’ SR GNT 1 Tim 5:13 word 4

OET-LV: 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. (TI1_5:13)

OET-RV: 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. (TI1 5:13)

Greek words (6) other than ἀργαί (S-NFP) with a gloss related to ‘idle’

MAT 12:36 ἀργόν (argon) A-ANS ‘that every message idle that will_be speaking the’ SR GNT Mat 12:36 word 7

OET-LV: 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. (MAT_12:36)

OET-RV: 36 “But I’m telling you that people will have to give an account on judgement day for every worthless sentence that they’ve spoken, (MAT 12:36)

MAT 20:3 ἀργούς (argous) S-AMP ‘in the marketplace idle’ SR GNT Mat 20:3 word 16

OET-LV: 3 And having _come _out about the_third hour, he _saw others having _stood idle in the marketplace, (MAT_20:3)

OET-RV: 3 Then around 9am he noticed some others standing idle in the marketplace, (MAT 20:3)

MAT 20:6 ἀργοί (argoi) S-NMP ‘you_all have stood all day idle’ SR GNT Mat 20:6 word 22

OET-LV: 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? (MAT_20:6)

OET-RV: 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?’ (MAT 20:6)

TIT 1:12 ἀργαί (argai) A-NFP ‘evil wild_animals bellies idle’ SR GNT Tit 1:12 word 15

OET-LV: 12 Someone said of them, an_own prophet of _them: ones_from _Kraʸtaʸ always are liars, evil wild _beasts, idle bellies. (TIT_1:12)

OET-RV: 12 One of their own prophets said that the people from Crete are liars, evil beasts, and lazy gluttons, (TIT 1:12)

YAC 2:20 ἀργή (argaʸ) S-NFS ‘faith apart_from works idle is’ SR GNT Yac 2:20 word 13

OET-LV: 20 But you _are _wanting to _know, Oh person vain, that the faith apart _from the works idle is? (JAM_2:20)

OET-RV: 20 But the vain person still wants to know if faith without good deeds is wasted? (JAM 2:20)

2 PET 1:8 ἀργούς (argous) S-AMP ‘and being_plentiful neither idle nor unfruitful is appointing’ SR GNT 2 Pet 1:8 word 9

OET-LV: 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. (PE2_1:8)

OET-RV: 8 Because if these things are part of you and continually increasing, your knowledge of our master Yeshua Messiah won’t become useless or unproductive. (PE2 1:8)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMP=accusative,masculine,plural ANS=accusative,neuter,singular NFP=nominative,feminine,plural NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMP=nominative,masculine,plural