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Nave Topical Bible
• Idleness
Thompson Chain Reference
• Idleness
• Idle Songs
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Idle Words
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Idleness and Sloth
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American Tract Society
• Idle
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Idleness
Holman Bible Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
• Idleness
• Idle
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Slow, Slothful, Idle
Vines' Expository Dictionary
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• Idle
Wilson's Bible Types
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Webster Dictionary
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• Idleness
• Idled
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Idle
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Idle
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Lexicons
• ܒ݁ܰܛܺܝܠܳܐ
• ܒ݁ܰܛܶܠ
• ܒ݁ܳܛܠܳܐ
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• ἀργέω
• ἀργός
• λῆρος
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• בַּד , בַּד
• בָּטַל
• יָד
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denotes "inactive, idle, unfruitful, barren" (a, negative, and ergon, "work;" cp. the verb katargeo, "to reduce to inactivity:" See ABOLISH); it is used (a) literally, Matthew 20:3,6; 1 Timothy 5:13 (twice); Titus 1:12 , RV , "idle (gluttons);" 2 Peter 1:8 , RV , "idle," AV, "barren;" (b) metaphorically in the sense of "ineffective, worthless," as of a word, Matthew 12:36; of faith unaccompanied by works, James 2:20 (some mss. have nekra, "dead").