Argos means “inactive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H692 — areli in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G692 ἀργός (argos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. argos (ar-gos') adj. 1. inactive, i.e. unemployed 2. (by implication) lazy, useless It has 10 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include idle, slow, and barren. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
argos (ar-gos') adj. 1. inactive, i.e. unemployed 2. (by implication) lazy, useless [from G1 (as a negative particle) and G2041] KJV: barren, idle, slow Root(s): G1, G2041
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G692. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
idle
Usage: ἀργός, -όν (in late Gk., incl. NT, -ή, -όν; ἀ- neg., ἔργον) [in LXX: 3Ki.6:7 (מַסָּע), Wis.14:5 15:15, Sir.37:11 38:28 * ;] inactive, idle: Mat.20:3, 6, 1Ti.5:13, Tit.1:12, 2Pe.1:8. Metaphorical, of things, inactive, ineffective, worthless: ῥῆμα, Mat.12:36; πίστις, Jas.2:20 (see Cremer, 259 f.).† SYN.: βραδύς, slow; νωθρός, sluggish (Tr., Syn., § civ) (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render argos, 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 New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old 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 G692 (ἀργός) appears 4 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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6 indexed usages in New Testament.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
1 indexed usage in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, And therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, And passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.
For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods: Which neither have the use of eyes to see, Nor noses to draw breath, Nor ears to hear, Nor fingers of hands to handle; And as for their feet, they are slow to go.
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; Neither with a coward in matters of war; Nor with a merchant concerning exchange; Nor with a buyer of selling; Nor with an envious man of thankfulness; Nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; Nor with the slothful for any work; Nor with a hireling for a year of finishing work; Nor with an idle servant of much business: Hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G692.
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, And therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, And passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.
For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods: Which neither have the use of eyes to see, Nor noses to draw breath, Nor ears to hear, Nor fingers of hands to handle; And as for their feet, they are slow to go.
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; Neither with a coward in matters of war; Nor with a merchant concerning exchange; Nor with a buyer of selling; Nor with an envious man of thankfulness; Nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; Nor with the slothful for any work; Nor with a hireling for a year of finishing work; Nor with an idle servant of much business: Hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G692, grouped by book.
Argos (Strong's G692) is a Greek word most simply glossed "inactive". argos (ar-gos') adj. 1. inactive, i.e. unemployed 2. (by implication) lazy, useless
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G692 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G692 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 idle, slow, and barren. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 1 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G692, with linked reader references where each row is available.