Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or lack from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins. 2. (a.) Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant.

Multi-Version Concordance Stagnant (2 Occurrences) Ezekiel 47:8 Then said he to me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea shall the waters go which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed. (See RSV) Zephaniah 1:12 It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil." (See NAS)