Definition

tardy, i.e. indolent; (figuratively) irksome

Etymology

from G3635 (ὀκνέω);

Word family

• ὀκνέω oknéō

How the KJV renders it

• grievous
• slothful

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.