Lexicon nóthros: sluggish, slothful Original Word: νωθρός, ά, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: nóthros Phonetic Spelling: (no-thros') Short Definition: dull, sluggish Definition: blunt, dull, hence spiritually; sluggish, remiss, slack. HELPS word-Studies 3576 nōthrós – properly, slow, sluggish (LS); (figuratively) dull because slothful; lazy, inert, listless (lackadaisical). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originakin to nóthés (sluggish, slothful) Definitionsluggish, slothful NASB Translationdull (1), sluggish (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3576: νωθρόςνωθρός, 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.)
Strong's dull, slothful. From a derivative of nothos; sluggish, i.e. (literally) lazy, or (figuratively) stupid -- dull, slothful. see GREEK nothos |
