3 occurrences in 12 translations

'Idle' in the Bible

We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride;Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury;His idle boasts are false.

who frustrates the omens of idle talkers, and drives diviners mad, who turns back the wise, and makes their knowledge foolish;

"If you keep your feet from trampling the Sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable; and if you honor it by not going your own ways and seeking your own pleasure or speaking merely idle words,

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רמיּה 
R@miyah 
Usage: 15

רפה 
Raphah 
feeble , fail , weaken , go , alone , idle , stay , slack , faint , forsake , abated , cease ,
Usage: 46

שׁפלוּת 
Shiphluwth 
Usage: 1

שׁקט 
Shaqat 
Usage: 41

ἀργός 
Argos 
Usage: 4

λῆρος 
Leros 
Usage: 1

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