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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἀργέω

(Strong's #691 — Verb — argeo — arg-eh'-o )

"to be idle, to linger" (akin to argos, "idle:" see katargeo, under ABOLISH), is used negatively regarding the judgment of the persons mentioned in 2 Peter 2:3 . In the Sept., Ezra 4:24; Ecclesiastes 12:3 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Linger'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​l/linger.html. 1940.
 
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