Judges 18:9
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
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Slothful
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Hebrews 6:12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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11 occurrences in 11 verses.
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עָצֵל
ʻâtsêl · aw-tsale'
7 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
indolent
Strong's KJV usage: slothful, sluggard.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 15:19Strong's last: Proverbs 26:15
Open full H6102 profile →ὀκνηρός
oknērós · ok-nay-ros'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
tardy, i.e. indolent; (figuratively) irksome
Strong's KJV usage: :--grievous, slothful.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 25:26Strong's last: Romans 12:11
Open full G3636 profile →רְמִיָּה
rᵉmîyâh · rem-ee-yaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
remissness, treachery
Strong's KJV usage: deceit(-ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 12:24Strong's last: Proverbs 12:27
Open full H7423 profile →νωθρός
nōthrós · no-thros'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
sluggish, i.e. (literally) lazy, or (figuratively) stupid
Strong's KJV usage: :--dull, slothful.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 6:12Strong's last: Hebrews 6:12
Open full G3576 profile →אִישׁ
ʼîysh · eesh
1 times translated as this KJV form1,622 total Strong's occurrences
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Strong's KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Strong's first: Proverbs 24:30Strong's last: Proverbs 24:30
Open full H376 profile →עָצַל
ʻâtsal · aw-tsal'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to lean idly, i.e. to be indolent or slack
Strong's KJV usage: be slothful.
Strong's first: Judges 18:9Strong's last: Judges 18:9
Open full H6101 profile →רָפָה
râphâh · raw-faw'
1 times translated as this KJV form46 total Strong's occurrences
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495.
Strong's first: Proverbs 18:9Strong's last: Proverbs 18:9
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H6101
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
H7423
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
H7423
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
H6102
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
H7503
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
H6102
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
H6102
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
H6102
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
H376
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
H6102
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
H6102
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
H6102
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
G3636
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
G3636
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
G3576
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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slothful
SLOTH'FUL, adjective Inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle. He that is slothful in his work, is brother to him that is a great waster. Proverbs 18:9.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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