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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Idleness
Thompson Chain Reference
• Idleness
• Idle Songs
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Idle Words
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Idleness and Sloth
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Idle
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Idleness
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Idle
King James Dictionary
• Idleness
• Idle
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Slow, Slothful, Idle
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Idle Tales
• Idle
Wilson's Bible Types
• Idle
Webster Dictionary
• Idling
• Idleness
• Idled
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Encyclopedias
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Idle; Idleness
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Idle
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Idle
• Idleness
Lexicons
• ܒ݁ܰܛܺܝܠܳܐ
• ܒ݁ܰܛܶܠ
• ܒ݁ܳܛܠܳܐ
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• ἀργέω
• ἀργός
• λῆρος
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• בַּד , בַּד
• בָּטַל
• יָד
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(1):

(superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.

(2):

(superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.

(3):

(v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.

(4):

(superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.

(5):

(superl.) Light-headed; foolish.

(6):

(superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

(7):

(v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; - often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.