What does ὀκνηρός (oknērós) mean in the Bible?
ὀκνηρός (oknērós): Shrinking back from effort or duty; combines laziness with timid reluctance rather than mere idleness
Greek · G3636
ὀκνηρός
Lazy
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ὀκνηρός G3636
Pronunciation oknērós
What does ὀκνηρός (oknērós) mean in the Bible?
ὀκνηρός (oknērós): Shrinking back from effort or duty; combines laziness with timid reluctance rather than mere idleness
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3636?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include lazy (1), subside (1), trouble (1).
Where does ὀκνηρός (oknērós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1), Philippians (1), Romans (1).
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 lazy 1× Matthew 25:26
subside 1× Romans 12:11
trouble 1× Philippians 3:1
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Usage map
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First aligned row Matthew 25:26
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Romans 1 Philippians 1
Source forms
ὀκνηρέ 1x oknēre Matthew 25:26
ὀκνηροί 1x oknēroi Romans 12:11
ὀκνηρόν 1x oknēron Philippians 3:1
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Romans 12:11
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular 1x Philippians 3:1
Adjective - Vocative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 25:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Shrinking back from effort or duty; combines laziness with timid reluctance rather than mere idleness
Strong's G3636
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Proverbs 6:6-11 Source Gloss
lazy
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Shrinking back from effort or duty; combines laziness with timid reluctance rather than mere idleness
(ὀκνέω), [in LXX forPro.6:6, 9 al. ;] shrinking, hesitating, timid: with dative (Bl., § 38, 2), Rom.12:11; hence, slothful: Mat.25:26. Of things, that which causes shrinking, irksome: Php.3:1.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 25:26 Adjective Singular Masculine
ὀκνηρέ, oknhre
slothful, backward
Read verse Romans 12:11 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ὀκνηροί· oknhroi
slothful, backward
Read verse Philippians 3:1 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
ὀκνηρόν, oknhron
slothful, backward
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 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rom 12:11 1×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Phil 3:1 1×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 25:26 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Biblical Witnesses
Characteristic of the sluggard who refuses to work and prepare for future
Describes the sluggard's unwillingness to lift hand to mouth, extreme slothfulness
Depicts lazy person making excuses and hesitating to engage in necessary labor
Illustrates consequences of laziness through observation of neglected vineyard and field
Word Origins
ὀκνηρός is built from this root:
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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