Argeo means “linger” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H691 — erel (“valiant one”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G691 ἀργέω (argeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. argeo (arg-eh'-o) v. 1. to be idle 2. (figuratively) to delay It has 5 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include lingereth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
argeo (arg-eh'-o) v. 1. to be idle 2. (figuratively) to delay [from G692] KJV: linger Root(s): G692
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G691. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be idle
Usage: ἀργέω, -ῶ (ἀργός), [in LXX: Est.4:24, Ecc.12:3 (בָּטֵל), I Est.2:30, Sir.33:27), 2Ma.5:25 * ;] to be idle; τὸ κρίμα . . . ἀ., lingers (cf. MGr. ἀργά, late: MM, see word): 2Pe.2:3.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render argeo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G691 (ἀργέω) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
In the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, And the mighty men shall become bent, And the grinding women cease because they have become few, And the women looking out at the windows be dark;
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
who coming to Jerusalem, and pretending peace, did forbear till the holy day of the Sabbath, when taking the Jews keeping holy day, he commanded his men to arm themselves.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G691.
Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
In the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, And the mighty men shall become bent, And the grinding women cease because they have become few, And the women looking out at the windows be dark;
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
who coming to Jerusalem, and pretending peace, did forbear till the holy day of the Sabbath, when taking the Jews keeping holy day, he commanded his men to arm themselves.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G691, grouped by book.
Argeo (Strong's G691) is a Greek word most simply glossed "linger". argeo (arg-eh'-o) v. 1. to be idle 2. (figuratively) to delay
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's G691 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G691 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lingereth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G691, with linked reader references where each row is available.