King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3636
Transliteration: oknēros
Phonetic Spelling: (ok-nay-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: shrinking, timid, idle, lazy, troublesome
Meaning: shrinking, timid, idle, lazy, troublesome
ὀκνηρός, ὀκνηρά, ὀκνηρόν (ὀκνέω), sluggish, slothful, backward: Matthew 25:26; with a dative of respect (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 6 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 21), Romans 12:11; οὐκ ὀκνηρόν μοι ἐστι, followed by an infinitive, is not irksome to me, I am not reluctant, Philippians 3:1 (cf. Lightfoot at the passage). (Pindar, Sophocles, Thucydides, Demosthenes, Theocritus, etc.; the Sept. for עָצֵל.)
Word Summary
oknēros: shrinking, timid, idle, lazy, troublesome
Original Word: ὀκνηρόςTransliteration: oknēros
Phonetic Spelling: (ok-nay-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: shrinking, timid, idle, lazy, troublesome
Meaning: shrinking, timid, idle, lazy, troublesome
Strong's Concordance
lazy, slothful. From okneo; tardy, i.e. Indolent; (figuratively) irksome -- grievous, slothful.
see GREEK okneo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3636: ὀκνηρόςὀκνηρός, ὀκνηρά, ὀκνηρόν (ὀκνέω), sluggish, slothful, backward: Matthew 25:26; with a dative of respect (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 6 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 21), Romans 12:11; οὐκ ὀκνηρόν μοι ἐστι, followed by an infinitive, is not irksome to me, I am not reluctant, Philippians 3:1 (cf. Lightfoot at the passage). (Pindar, Sophocles, Thucydides, Demosthenes, Theocritus, etc.; the Sept. for עָצֵל.)