Irksome
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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
1: Ὀκνηρός (Strong'S #3636 — Adjective — okneros — ok-nay-ros' )
"shrinking, timid" (from okneo, "to shrink, delay"), is used negatively in Philippians 3:1 , RV, "irksome" (AV, "grievous"), i.e., "I do not hesitate;" in Matthew 25:26; Romans 12:11 , "slothful." See Grievous , Slothful.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( a.) Weary; vexed; uneasy.
(2): ( a.) Wearisome; tedious; disagreeable or troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition; as, irksome hours; irksome tasks.
