Jump to: ATS • ISBE • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms ATS Bible Dictionary IdleIn Matthew 12:36, means empty and fruitless. The "idle word" which Christ condemns, is a word morally useless and evil. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (superl.) of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.2. (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours. 3. (superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen. 4. (superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow. 5. (superl.) Light-headed; foolish. 6. (v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business. 7. (v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia IDLE; IDLENESSi'-d'-l, i'-d'-l-nes: Both words, adjective and noun, render different Hebrew words (from `atsel, "to be lazy," raphah, "to relax," and shaqaT, "to be quiet"). According to the Yahwistic narrative Pharaoh's retort to the complaints of the Israelites was a charge of indolence (Exodus 5:8, 17). It was a favorite thought of Hebrew wisdom-practical philosophy of life-that indolence inevitably led to poverty and want (Proverbs 19:15 Ecclesiastes 10:18). The "virtuous woman" was one who would not eat the "bread of idleness" (Proverbs 31:27). In Ezekiel 16:49 for the King James Version "abundance of idleness," the Revised Version (British and American) has "prosperous ease." In the New Testament "idle" generally renders the Greek word argos, literally, "inactive," "useless" (Matthew 20:3, 6). In Luke 24:11 "idle talk" corresponds to one Greek word which means "empty gossip" or "nonsensical talk." Greek 691. argeo -- to be idle ... to be idle. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: argeo Phonetic Spelling: (arg-eh'-o) Short Definition: I linger, delay, am idle Definition: I linger, delay ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/691.htm - 6k 692. argos -- inactive, idle 3150. mataiologia -- idle or foolish talk 3636. okneros -- shrinking, timid, hence idle, lazy, troublesome 2673. katargeo -- to render inoperative, abolish 3026. leros -- silly talk 3454. muthos -- a speech, story, ie a fable 3151. mataiologos -- talking idly 812. atakteo -- to be out of order, be remiss 4691. spermologos -- a seed picker, fig. one who picks up scraps ... Strong's Hebrew 907. bad -- empty, idle talk... 906, 907. bad. 908 . empty, idle talk. Transliteration: bad Phonetic Spelling: (bad) Short Definition: boasts. Word Origin from ... /hebrew/907.htm - 6k 7423b. remiyyah -- laxness, slackness 988. batal -- to cease 2308. chadal -- to cease 2311. Chadlay -- an Ephraimite 7386. req -- empty, vain 7503. raphah -- sink, relax 7423. rmiyah -- deceit, treachery 3027. yad -- hand 5117. nuach -- to rest Library Watching for Idle Boys The Tenth Chapter: Avoiding Idle Talk The Same Old Man's Rebuke when He Saw How the Brethren Went to ... But Now, if You Turn from all These Idle Debates and ... With this we are Delighted Because it is Absolutely Impossible ... Being Swallowed up Therefore in the Miserable Gulf of Idle Talk ... Books for Sunday Schools. --- 200 Mulberry-Street, New York. ... How Kindness Should be Shown Even to the Idle and Careless. Of Him whom the Superior came Upon and Found in his Cell, Deluded ... Sermon for Septuagesima Sunday Thesaurus Idle (33 Occurrences)... 2. (superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours. 3. (superl.) Not employed ... /i/idle.htm - 18k Idleness (4 Occurrences) Lazy (10 Occurrences) Tale (7 Occurrences) Dream (82 Occurrences) Standing (334 Occurrences) Solomon (277 Occurrences) Gadding (1 Occurrence) Gossip (7 Occurrences) Gossips (5 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Idle (33 Occurrences)Matthew 12:36 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. Matthew 20:3 He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. Matthew 20:6 About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them,'Why do you stand here all day idle?' Mark 7:7 But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.' Luke 24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. John 12:19 The result was that the Pharisees said among themselves, "Observe how idle all your efforts are! The world is gone after him!" Acts 17:5 But the jealousy of the Jews was aroused, and, calling to their aid some ill-conditioned and idle fellows, they got together a riotous mob and filled the city with uproar. They then attacked the house of Jason and searched for Paul and Silas, to bring them out before the assembly of people. Acts 17:18 Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. 2 Corinthians 9:3 Still I send the brethren in order that in this matter our boast about you may not turn out to have been an idle one; so that, as I have said, you may be ready; Colossians 2:8 Take care lest there be some one who leads you away as prisoners by means of his philosophy and idle fancies, following human traditions and the world's crude notions instead of following Christ. Colossians 2:18 Let no one defraud you of your prize, priding himself on his humility and on his worship of the angels, and taking his stand on the visions he has seen, and idly puffed up with his unspiritual thoughts. 1 Thessalonians 5:14 We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be patient toward all. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us. 2 Thessalonians 3:7 For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn't behave ourselves rebelliously among you, 2 Thessalonians 3:11 For we hear that there are some of you who live disorderly lives and are mere idle busybodies. 1 Timothy 5:13 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not. Titus 1:10 For there are many that spurn authority--idle, talkative and deceitful persons, who, for the most part, are adherents of the Circumcision. Titus 1:12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons." James 2:20 But, idle boaster, are you willing to be taught how it is that faith apart from obedience is worthless? Take the case of Abraham our forefather. 2 Peter 1:8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not. 3 John 1:10 For this reason, if I come, I shall not forget his conduct, nor his idle and mischievous talk against us. And he does not stop there: he not only will not receive the brethren, but those who desire to do this he hinders, and excludes them from the Church. Exodus 5:8 The number of the bricks, which they made before, you require from them. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying,'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.' Exodus 5:17 But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say,'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.' Deuteronomy 32:47 For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it." Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. Isaiah Ecclesiastes 10:18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. Ecclesiastes 11:6 In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good. Ecclesiastes 12:3 In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see; Isaiah 16:6 We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride and passion: his high words about himself are false. Isaiah 58:13 If thou turn back thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, and call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of Jehovah, honourable; and thou honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking idle words; Jeremiah 48:30 I know his wrath, says Yahweh, that it is nothing; his boastings have worked nothing. Amos 6:5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; Subtopics Related Terms Ill-conditioned (1 Occurrence) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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