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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_175874" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_175874" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) Sluggish; lazy. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) Sluggish; lazy. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63125" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63125" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> SLUG'GARD, n. from slug and ard, slow kind. A person habitually lazy, idle and inactive a drone. </p> <p> SLUG'GARD, a. [[Sluggish]] lazy. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8396" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8396" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' slug´ard ''''' : Found only in the Old Testament, and there only in Proverbs. It is the rendering given the word <i> ''''' ‛ācēl ''''' </i> everywhere in the Revised Version (British and American), but in the King James Version only in Proverbs 6:6 , Proverbs 6:9; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 26:16 (elsewhere the King James Version translates by "slothful"). The root meaning of <i> '''''‛ācēl''''' </i> is "to be sluggish," "stupid." The English word "slug" is said to be "allied to slack" (Webster). </p> | <p> ''''' slug´ard ''''' : Found only in the Old Testament, and there only in Proverbs. It is the rendering given the word <i> ''''' ‛ācēl ''''' </i> everywhere in the Revised Version (British and American), but in the King James Version only in Proverbs 6:6 , Proverbs 6:9; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 26:16 (elsewhere the King James Version translates by "slothful"). The root meaning of <i> ''''' ‛ācēl ''''' </i> is "to be sluggish," "stupid." The English word "slug" is said to be "allied to slack" (Webster). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:22, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) Sluggish; lazy.
(2): ( n.) A person habitually lazy, idle, and inactive; a drone.
King James Dictionary [2]
SLUG'GARD, n. from slug and ard, slow kind. A person habitually lazy, idle and inactive a drone.
SLUG'GARD, a. Sluggish lazy.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
slug´ard : Found only in the Old Testament, and there only in Proverbs. It is the rendering given the word ‛ācēl everywhere in the Revised Version (British and American), but in the King James Version only in Proverbs 6:6 , Proverbs 6:9; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 26:16 (elsewhere the King James Version translates by "slothful"). The root meaning of ‛ācēl is "to be sluggish," "stupid." The English word "slug" is said to be "allied to slack" (Webster).
