- Original: ἀργέω - Transliteration: Argeo - Phonetic: arg-eh'-o - Definition: 1. to be idle, inactive, to linger, delay - Origin: from G692 - TDNT entry: 08:32,8 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G692 ; to be idle that is (figuratively) to delay: - linger. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • lingereth, 1 2 Peter 2:3