What does ἀργός (argós) mean in the Bible?
ἀργός (argós): Inactive or unproductive; applied to persons, things, or even faith when lacking corresponding action or effect.
Greek · G692
ἀργός
Idle
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ἀργός G692
Pronunciation argós
What does ἀργός (argós) mean in the Bible?
ἀργός (argós): Inactive or unproductive; applied to persons, things, or even faith when lacking corresponding action or effect.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G692?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include doing nothing (2), [to be] idle (1), careless (1), idle (1), ineffective (1).
Where does ἀργός (argós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:36. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (3), 1 Timothy (2), 2 Peter (1), James (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 doing nothing 2× Matthew 20:3, Matthew 20:6
[to be] idle 1× 1 Timothy 5:13
careless 1× Matthew 12:36
idle 1× 1 Timothy 5:13
ineffective 1× 2 Peter 1:8
lazy 1× Titus 1:12
worthless 1× James 2:20
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 12:36 ἀργὸν to careless Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular Matthew 20:3 ἀργούς to doing nothing Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Matthew 20:6 ἀργοί to doing nothing Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1 Timothy 5:13 ἀργαὶ to [to be] idle Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 1 Timothy 5:13 ἀργαὶ to idle Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural Titus 1:12 ἀργαί to lazy Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural James 2:20 ἀργή to worthless Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 2 Peter 1:8 ἀργοὺς to ineffective Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 12:36
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 5
Matthew 3 1 Timothy 2 Titus 1 James 1 2 Peter 1
Source forms
ἀργαὶ 2x argai 1 Timothy 5:13
ἀργαί 1x argai Titus 1:12
ἀργή 1x argē James 2:20
ἀργοί 1x argoi Matthew 20:6
ἀργὸν 1x argon Matthew 12:36
ἀργούς 1x argous Matthew 20:3
ἀργοὺς 1x argous 2 Peter 1:8
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural 3x 1 Timothy 5:13, Titus 1:12
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 20:3, 2 Peter 1:8
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Matthew 12:36
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x James 2:20
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 20:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Inactive or unproductive; applied to persons, things, or even faith when lacking corresponding action or effect.
Strong's G692
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 5 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 20:3 Source Gloss
idle
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 12:36 Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
ἀργόν, argon
idle, lazy, thoughtless
Read verse Matthew 20:3 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀργούς· argouv
idle, lazy, thoughtless
Read verse Matthew 20:6 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀργούς, argouv
idle, lazy, thoughtless
Read verse Matthew 20:6 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀργοί; argoi
idle, lazy, thoughtless
Read verse 1 Timothy 5:13 Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
ἀργαὶ argai
idle, lazy, thoughtless
Read verse 1 Timothy 5:13 Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
ἀργαί, argai
idle, lazy, thoughtless
Read verse Titus 1:12 Adjective Nominative Plural Feminine
ἀργαί. argai
idle, lazy, thoughtless
Read verse 2 Peter 1:8 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀργοὺς argouv
idle, lazy, thoughtless
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 5 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 5 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Plural (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine 1 Tim 5:13 · Titus 1:12 3×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:6 1×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jas 2:20 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 20:3 · 2 Pet 1:8 2×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 12:36 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Workers standing unemployed in the marketplace without work
Careless or ineffective words that lack purpose or value
Faith without works is ineffective and cannot produce spiritual results
Christian virtues that are unproductive or fail to bear fruit
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 8 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
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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