Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Slowness; tardiness. 2. (n.) Disinclination to action or labor; sluggishness; laziness; idleness. 3. (n.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico. 4. (v. i.) To be idle.

Multi-Version Concordance Sloth (3 Occurrences) Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger. Isaiah (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) Proverbs 31:27 She 'is' watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not. (YLT) Ecclesiastes 10:18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)