Idle <1,,692, argos>
denotes "inactive, idle, unfruitful, barren" (a, negative, and ergon, "work;" cp. the verb katargeo, "to reduce to inactivity:" See ABOLISH); it is used (a) literally, Mat 20:3, Mat 20:6, 1Ti 5:13 (twice); Tit 1:12, RV, "idle (gluttons);" 2Pe 1:8, RV, "idle," AV, "barren;" (b) metaphorically in the sense of "ineffective, worthless," as of a word, Mat 12:36; of faith unaccompanied by works, Jam 2:20 (some mss. have nekra, "dead").
