What does νωθρός (nōthrós) mean in the Bible?
νωθρός (nōthrós): Sluggish mental or spiritual responsiveness; dullness from lack of vigor or eagerness, not mere slowness
Greek · G3576
νωθρός
Dull
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νωθρός G3576
Pronunciation nōthrós
What does νωθρός (nōthrós) mean in the Bible?
νωθρός (nōthrós): Sluggish mental or spiritual responsiveness; dullness from lack of vigor or eagerness, not mere slowness
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3576?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include dull (1), you will not be sluggish (1).
Where does νωθρός (nōthrós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 5:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It dull 1× Hebrews 5:11
you will not be sluggish 1× Hebrews 6:12
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Usage map
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First aligned row Hebrews 5:11
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Hebrews 2
Source forms
νωθροὶ 2x nōthroi Hebrews 5:11, Hebrews 6:12
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Hebrews 5:11, Hebrews 6:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Sluggish mental or spiritual responsiveness; dullness from lack of vigor or eagerness, not mere slowness
Strong's G3576
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Hebrews 5:11-14 Source Gloss
dull
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 5:11 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
νωθροὶ nwqroi
dull, sluggish
Read verse Hebrews 6:12 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
νωθροὶ nwqroi
dull, sluggish
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Heb 5:11 · Heb 6:12 2×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
sluggish, dull
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Word Origins
νωθρός is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Identifies spiritual lethargy as the root issue. Hebrews 5:11-14
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain