Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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a.) Habitually lazy; avoiding labor and exertion; inactive; as, an indolent man.
Greek
3636. okneros -- shrinking, timid, hence idle, lazy, troublesome ... 3636 (from 3635 , "to delay") -- properly, and hence be (delayed); (figuratively)
reluctant, slothful,
indolent ("dragging one's feet").
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3636.htm - 7kStrong's Hebrew
6102. atsel -- sluggish, lazy... 12). slothful, sluggard. From atsal;
indolent -- slothful, sluggard. see HEBREW
atsal. 6101, 6102. atsel. 6103 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/6102.htm - 6k 6101. atsel -- to be sluggish
... root Definition to be sluggish NASB Word Usage delay (1). be slothful. A primitive
root; to lean idly, ie To be indolent or slack -- be slothful. 6100, 6101. ...
/hebrew/6101.htm - 5k
Library
Third Sunday Before Lent
... When faith is not strenuously exercised, when we are indolent in good works,
our progress is hindered, so that the prize is not attained. ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/third sunday before lent.htm
Second Sunday in Lent
... The trouble is, we are in danger of becoming indolent and negligent, forgetful and
ungrateful"vices menacing and great, and which, alas, are altogether too ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle sermons vol ii/second sunday in lent.htm
"He that Sleepeth in Harvest is a Son that Causeth Shame. " ...
... One feels that no language is too strong for this indolent young man. ... If I am indolent
I shall cause shame to the people who count me one of themselves. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/champness/broken bread/xxx he that sleepeth in.htm
Enthusiasm.
... God calls active and earnest"not indolent men. ... None of these eminent servants of
God were indolent men; what they did, they did with all their might. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/to the work to the work/chapter v enthusiasm.htm
A Caution against Various Temptations, by which the Young Convert ...
... xvi.) are broken through."2. Particular cautions"against a sluggish and indolent
temper."3. Against the excessive love of sensitive pleasure."4 ...
/.../the rise and progress of religion in the soul/chapter xxi a caution against.htm
Traders for the Master
... III. The excuse and punishment of the indolent servant. His excuse is his reason. ...
Still another error is in the indolent servant's words. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/traders for the master.htm
Doing Glory to God in Pursuits of the World.
... day; yet that is not a real and true meditation on Christ, but some counterfeit,
which makes us dream away our time, or become habitually indolent, or which ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon xi doing glory to.htm
Hebrews xii. 6-Apr
... no great thing." The former, when [the soul] has been exhausted refreshes it, and
makes it recover breath: the latter, when it has become indolent and supine ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xxix hebrews xii 6-apr.htm
The Roman Power.
... Hyrcanua was indolent, and was rather glad to be relieved from the trouble of reigning;
but his friend, Antipas, an Edomite by birth, and of the Jewish religion ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson xix the roman power.htm
To those who had not Attended the Assembly.
... For such is the wont of the ungrateful and indolent; they always try to shift
the blame of their offences from themselves to their master. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/to those who had not.htm
Thesaurus
Indolent (3 Occurrences)... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Habitually lazy; avoiding labor and exertion; inactive;
as, an
indolent man. Multi-Version Concordance
Indolent (3 Occurrences).
.../i/indolent.htm - 7kZeal (45 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Romans 12:11 Do not be indolent when zeal is required. Be thoroughly
warm-hearted, the Lord's own servants, (WEY DBY RSV NIV). ...
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Lounge (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (v.) To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time
indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. ...
/l/lounge.htm - 7k
Warm-hearted (1 Occurrence)
... Warm-hearted (1 Occurrence). Romans 12:11 Do not be indolent when zeal is required.
Be thoroughly warm-hearted, the Lord's own servants, (WEY). ...
/w/warm-hearted.htm - 6k
Wen (1 Occurrence)
... A "wen" is a non-inflamed indolent tumor, and so "wen" is about as far as possible
from the meaning of the Hebrew. Multi-Version Concordance Wen (1 Occurrence). ...
/w/wen.htm - 7k
Inert (1 Occurrence)
... will not ignite. 2. (a.) Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act;
sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless. 3. (a.) Not ...
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Indolence (1 Occurrence)
/i/indolence.htm - 6k
Indoors (6 Occurrences)
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Fisherman (1 Occurrence)
... Fishermen, then as now, formed a distinct class. The strenuousness of
the work (Luke 5:2) ruled out the weak and indolent. They ...
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Fisher (1 Occurrence)
... Fishermen, then as now, formed a distinct class. The strenuousness of
the work (Luke 5:2) ruled out the weak and indolent. They ...
/f/fisher.htm - 10k
Bible Concordance
Indolent (3 Occurrences)Romans 12:11 Do not be indolent when zeal is required. Be thoroughly warm-hearted, the Lord's own servants,
(WEY)
Proverbs 18:9 He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.
(DBY)
Proverbs 19:15 Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
(YLT)
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