King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G691
Transliteration: argeō
Phonetic Spelling: (arg-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be idle
Meaning: to be idle
ἀργέω, ἀργῷ; (to be ἀργός, which see); to be idle, inactive; contextually, to linger, delay: 2 Peter 2:3 οἷς τό κρίμα ἔκπαλαι οὐκ ἀργεῖ, i. e. whose punishment has long been impending and will shortly fall. (In Greek writings from Sophocles down.)
Word Summary
argeō: to be idle
Original Word: ἀργέωTransliteration: argeō
Phonetic Spelling: (arg-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be idle
Meaning: to be idle
Strong's Concordance
linger. From argos; to be idle, i.e. (figuratively) to delay -- linger.
see GREEK argos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 691: ἀργέωἀργέω, ἀργῷ; (to be ἀργός, which see); to be idle, inactive; contextually, to linger, delay: 2 Peter 2:3 οἷς τό κρίμα ἔκπαλαι οὐκ ἀργεῖ, i. e. whose punishment has long been impending and will shortly fall. (In Greek writings from Sophocles down.)