ὀκνηροί
oknērós
be slothful
Primarily, slow or hesitant to act, lacking eagerness in performing a task. In extended contexts, describes a person who is sluggish, inactive, or unwilling to exert effort—often bearing the nuance of laziness or negligence. The term may also convey a sense of reluctance arising from fear or disinterest.
Romans 12:11 · Word #4
Lexicon G3636
| Lemma | ὀκνηρός |
| Transliteration | oknērós |
| Strong's | G3636 |
| Definition | Primarily, slow or hesitant to act, lacking eagerness in performing a task. In extended contexts, describes a person who is sluggish, inactive, or unwilling to exert effort—often bearing the nuance of laziness or negligence. The term may also convey a sense of reluctance arising from fear or disinterest. |
Morphology ADJ.P NOM M PL
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | ADJ.P — Predicate Adjective — Linked to the subject by a verb |
| Case | NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence |
| Gender | M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine |
| Number | PL — Plural — More than one |
Common Translation
| Phrase | be slothful |
| Literal | lazy-ones |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | ὀκνηρός |
| Strong's | G3636 |
SIBI-P1 Translation G3636-02
hesitant ones
| Morphological Notes | Adjective, nominative masculine plural (Gr,NP,,,,NMP); functioning substantivally/predicatively to describe masculine plural subjects. |
| Rendering Rationale | "Hesitant ones" reflects the root sense of shrinking back or delaying action while preserving the nominative masculine plural form by rendering it as a substantive adjective in English. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
slothful ones
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Replaced 'hesitant ones' with 'slothful ones' based on the more context-appropriate meaning in SILEX, as the exhortation is against laziness rather than mere hesitancy. |