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Strong's #3576 - νωθρός
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- slow, sluggish, indolent, dull, languid
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νωθρ-ός, ά, όν,
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1. = cross νωθής, Hp. VM 10, Prorrh. 1.102, 117, etc.; ν. σφυγμοί Id. Coac. 136, Aret. SA 2.9; καταφορὴ ν. falling into a heavy sleep, Hp. Epid. 3.6, cf. Nic. Th. 165; ν. κινήσεις Arist. PA 696b6; ν. σύνεσις Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1014.58; τῇ κινήσει ν. Arist. HA 622b32; ν. ὁδίτης Call. Fr. 275; νωθρότερος τὴν ἀκοήν Hld. 5.1. Adv. - θρῶς Archyt. I; leisurely, gradually, Hp. Aph. 2.7: neut. as Adv., ὄμμασι νωθρὰ βλέπουσα AP 5.54 (Diosc.).
1. of the mind, ν. καὶ λήθης γέμοντες Pl. Tht. 144b, cf. Amips. 16 (Comp.); στόματα Anaxipp. 1.44 (Comp.); ν. καὶ μωροί Arist. Pr. 954a31; ἡσύχιος καὶ ν. Plb. 31.23.11; νωθραῖς ἐλπίσιν Babr. 16.7. Adv. ἀγεννῶς καὶ νωθρῶς Plb. 3.90.6.
II Act., making sluggish, νότοι Hp. Aph. 3.5, cf. S.E. M. 6.48.
νωθρός, νωθρα, νωθρον (equivalent to νωθής, from νή (cf. νήπιος) and ὠθέω (to push; others, ὄθομαι to care about (cf. Vanicek, p. 879)), cf. νώδυνος, νώνυμος, from νή and ὀδύνη, ὄνομα), slow, sluggish, indolent, dull, lanuguid: Hebrews 6:12; with a dative of reference (Winers Grammar, § 31, 6 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 21), ταῖς ἀκοαῖς, of one who apprehends with difficulty, Hebrews 5:11; νωθρός καί παρειμένος ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις, Sir. 4:29; νωθρός καί παρειμένος ἐργάτης, Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 34, 1 [ET]. (Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Anthol., others) (Synonym: see ἀργός, at the end.)
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νωθρός , -ά , -όν ,
[in LXX: Proverbs 22:29 (H2823), Sirach 4:29; Sirach 11:12*;]
sluggish, slothful: Hebrews 5:11; Hebrews 6:12 (for similar usage in Papyri, v. MM, xvii).
SYN.: ἀργός G692 (q.v.), βραδύς G1021.
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P Par 45.4 (B.C. 153) ἀλ᾽ (= ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως τοῖς θεοῖς τὴν ἐπιτροπὴν δίδομει, P Oxy I. 115.9 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 9) ἀλλ᾽ ὁμῶς οὐδὲν δύναταί τις πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα : cf. John 12:42. See also BGU IV. 1205.12 (B.C. 28) οὐ πεπράκαμεν, ὅμως ὡς θέλετε ποιεῖτε, P Giss I. 99.7 (ii/iii A.D.) κ ̣ατὰ ̣ τὸ τῶν αὐτο [χθόνω ]ν Αἰγυπτίων ἀλλότρια ̣ ταῦ [τα.ἦν ], ἐδρᾶτο δὲ ὅμως, and P Oxy VI. 939.26 (iv/A.D.) ( = Selections, p. 30) νοσηλότερον δὲ ὅμως τὸ σωμάτιον ἔχει, ";but nevertheless she is still in a somewhat sickly state of body."; On the supposed trajection of ὅμως from its proper place in Galatians 3:15, 1 Corinthians 14:7, see Burton Gal. p. 178 f.
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