Words the Bible translates as lazy
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- oknērosὀκνηρόςlazynot studied yet
- remiyyahרְמִיָּהdeceit: treacherous falsehood, whether spoken or acted out
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- slackness: laziness or negligent, half-hearted effort
- atselעָצֵלlazy and sluggish; the habitually work-avoiding person Proverbs calls the sluggard
- argosἀργόςnot working: either having no work to do, or avoiding the work that is yours
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- producing nothing: doing no good and yielding no result
- nōthrosνωθρόςsluggish: a blameworthy dullness and slackness that leaves a person slow to take in what is taught and slow to follow through on it
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