Lazy
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (superl.) Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

2. (superl.) Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.

3. (superl.) Wicked; vicious.

Greek
3636. okneros -- shrinking, timid, hence idle, lazy, troublesome
... shrinking, timid, hence idle, lazy, troublesome. Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: okneros Phonetic Spelling: (ok-nay-ros') Short Definition: slothful ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3636.htm - 7k

692. argos -- inactive, idle
... inactive, idle. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: argos Phonetic Spelling:
(ar-gos') Short Definition: idle, lazy, thoughtless Definition: idle, lazy ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/692.htm - 6k

3576. nothros -- sluggish, slothful
... sluggish, remiss, slack. 3576 -- properly, , sluggish (); (figuratively)
because; lazy, inert, listless (lackadaisical). Word Origin ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3576.htm - 6k

Strong's Hebrew
6102. atsel -- sluggish, lazy
... 6101, 6102. atsel. 6103 . sluggish, lazy. Transliteration: atsel Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-tsale') Short Definition: sluggard. Word ...
/hebrew/6102.htm - 6k

7503. raphah -- sink, relax
... 1), courage* (1), discouraged* (2), discouraging* (1), drawn (1), dropped (2), fail
(5), fall limp (2), feeble (1), forsake (1), hang limp (2), lazy (3), leave ...
/hebrew/7503.htm - 6k

7423b. remiyyah -- laxness, slackness
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition laxness, slackness NASB Word Usage idle
(1), lazy man (1), negligent (1), negligently (1), slack (1). ...
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Library

Of a Lazy Brother who Tried to Persuade Others to Leave the ...
... Prolegomena. Chapter XX. Of a lazy brother who tried to persuade others
to leave the monastery. We know a brother, whose name we ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xx of a lazy.htm

The Troubles of those who are Lazy
... THE SAYINGS OF THE WISE THE TROUBLES OF THOSE WHO ARE LAZY. The lazy man
says, "A lion is outside! I shall be killed in the streets ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/the troubles of those who.htm

Saved by Grace Alone.
... If we are children of God we ought not to have a lazy drop of blood in our veins. ...
In all my experience I never knew a lazy man to be converted"never. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/sovereign grace/chapter ii saved by grace.htm

Ode to the North-East Wind
... and breathless air. Tired of listless dreaming, Through the lazy day: Jovial
wind of winter Turns us out to play! Sweep the golden ...
/.../kingsley/andromeda and other poems/ode to the north-east wind.htm

Sappho
... Far below The lazy sea-weed glistened in the sun; The lazy sea-fowl dried their
steaming wings; The lazy swell crept whispering up the ledge, And sank again. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/sappho.htm

Pharaoh the Stubborn Ruler
... But you shall demand of them the same number of bricks that they have been making
before; you shall not lessen the number at all, for they are lazy; that is ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/pharaoh the stubborn ruler.htm

The Perfect Love.
... the good news of Passion-week; a gospel which men are too apt to forget, even to
try to forget, as long as they are comfortable and prosperous, lazy and selfish ...
/.../kingsley/westminster sermons/sermon ii the perfect love.htm

The Sluggard's Reproof
... that sin. Perhaps we have many other vices more rife in our midst than
that, but in the East almost every man is a lazy man. If ...
//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/sermons on proverbs/the sluggards reproof.htm

Bear up the Hands that Hang Down, by Faith and Prayer...
... Spurgeon. It may be said with emphasis that no lazy saint prays. Can there
be a lazy saint? Can there be a prayerless saint? Does ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bounds/purpose in prayer/chapter ix bear up the.htm

Great is the Reward of Good Works with God. Joined Together in ...
... The good servant [139] receives the bread of his labour with confidence;
the lazy and slothful cannot look his employer in the face. ...
/.../chapter xxxiv great is the reward.htm

Thesaurus
Lazy (10 Occurrences)
... 2. (superl.) Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream. 3. (superl.)
Wicked; vicious. Multi-Version Concordance Lazy (10 Occurrences). ...
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Sluggard (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive;
a drone. 2. (a.) Sluggish; lazy. ... He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. ...
/s/sluggard.htm - 11k

Idle (33 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful;
as, an idle fellow. 5. (superl.) Light-headed; foolish. ...
/i/idle.htm - 18k

Shiftless (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Lacking ambition; inefficient; lazy; destitute of
expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure ...
/s/shiftless.htm - 7k

Leach (1 Occurrence)

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Lazily (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In a lazy manner. Multi-Version Concordance
Lazily (1 Occurrence). 2 Corinthians 11:9 And being ...
/l/lazily.htm - 6k

Laziness (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The state or quality of being lazy.
Multi-Version Concordance Laziness (4 Occurrences). 2 Corinthians ...
/l/laziness.htm - 7k

Lazuli (3 Occurrences)

/l/lazuli.htm - 7k

Idleness (4 Occurrences)
... i'-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"). ...
/i/idleness.htm - 9k

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 - 7k

Resources
Are there any true differences between millennials and people from other generations? | GotQuestions.org

What is a vagabond in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What is up with Millennials? | GotQuestions.org

Lazy: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Lazy (10 Occurrences)

Matthew 25:26
"But his lord answered him,'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
(See NAS NIV)

Titus 1:12
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, has said, Cretans are always liars, evil wild beasts, lazy gluttons.
(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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.'
(See NAS NIV)

Exodus 5:17
But he said, "You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say,'Let us go and sacrifice to Yahweh.'
(See NAS NIV)

Proverbs 10:4
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
(WEB NIV)

Proverbs 10:26
Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 12:27
He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.
(See NAS NIV)

Proverbs 15:19
Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 26:15
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
(WEB NIV)

Ecclesiastes 10:18
When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

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Procrastination: Motives for Avoiding: The Present the Accepted Time

Procrastination: Motives for Avoiding: The Present the Best Time

Procrastination: Motives for Avoiding: The Uncertainty of Life

Procrastination: Pharaoh

Procrastination: Saints Avoid

Procrastination: To be Avoided in Glorifying God

Procrastination: To be Avoided in Hearkening to God

Procrastination: To be Avoided in Keeping God's Commandments

Procrastination: To be Avoided in Making offerings to God

Procrastination: To be Avoided in Performance of Vows

Procrastination: To be Avoided in Seeking God

Related Terms

Sluggard (14 Occurrences)

Idle (33 Occurrences)

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Leach (1 Occurrence)

Lazily (1 Occurrence)

Laziness (4 Occurrences)

Lazuli (3 Occurrences)

Idleness (4 Occurrences)

Indolent (3 Occurrences)

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