Mat 12:36 | TSK | e4.org | every ; ; ; ; idle word Ρημα , αργος , i.e., ἀεργον - (work, act, deed) from α , privative, and εργον , work, a word that produces no good effect, and is not calculated to produce any. "Discourse," says Dr. Doddridge, "tending to innocent mirth, to exhilarate the spirits, is not idle discourse; as the time spent in necessary recreation is not idle time."

‏ Matthew 12:36

every Eccl 12:14; Rom 2:16; Eph 6:4-6; Jude 1:14-15; Rev 20:12

idle word Ρημα G4487, αργος G692, i.e., ἀεργον - (work, act, deed) from α, privative, and εργον G2041, work, a word that produces no good effect, and is not calculated to produce any. "Discourse," says Dr. Doddridge, "tending to innocent mirth, to exhilarate the spirits, is not idle discourse; as the time spent in necessary recreation is not idle time."