ἀργέω,
fut. -ήσω: aor. ἤργησα BGU 698.4 (ii A.D.): pf. ἤργηκα POxy. 1160.14 (iii/iv A.D.): (ἀργός, ἀεργός): -
I to be unemployed, do nothing, Hp. Mochl. 23, E. Ph. 625, X. Cyr. 1.2.15, Pl. R. 426a, etc.; keep Sabbath, LXX [2Ma 5:25]; ἀ. τὴν ἑβδόμην J. BJ 7.3.3; οἱ ἀργοῦντες the idle, Trag.Adesp. 527; γῆ ἀργοῦσα lying fallow, X. Cyr. 1.6.11, PFlor. 262.9 (iii A.D.); ἀργῆσαν ἤμυσε στέγος S. Fr. 864; φησὶν ἀργῆσαι τὸ ἐργαστήριον is out of work, D. 27.19; of the senses, to be at rest, νυκτὸς τῆς ὄψεως ἀργούσης Arist. Pr. 903a21, cf. Somn.Vig. 455a30: c. gen. rei, ἀργήσει.. τῆς αὑτοῦ δημιουργίας will be unoccupied in his own work, Pl. R. 371c.
II Pass., to be left undone, X. Cyr. 2.3.3; to be fruitless, ἡ σκέψις ἂν ἀργοῖτο Id. Hier. 9.9.
G691 — ἀργέω
ἀργῷ; (to be ἀργός, which see); to be idle, inactive; contextually, to linger, delay: [2Pe 2:3] οἷς τό κρίμα ἔκπαλαι οὐκ ἀργεῖ, i. e. whose punishment has long been impending and will shortly fall. (In Greek writings from Sophocles down.)
ἀργέω , - ῶ
( < ἀργός ),
[in LXX : [Ezr 4:24], [Ecc 12:3] (H988), 1Es 2:30 , Sir 33:27 ), 2Ma 5:25 * ;]
to be idle; τὸ κρίμα . . . ἀ ., lingers ( cf. MGr . ἀργά , late: MM , s.v. ): [2Pe 2:3]. †