eRhema Explore
Word

ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος

allotriepískopos · G244 · Greek · 1 occurrence

See all 1 in Search

Meanings

  1. busybody, meddler

    One who busies himself in the affairs of others in an unwarranted manner

    Examples

    1 Peter 4:15 Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler;

How it’s used

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Near synonyms 1 word
περίεργος períergos · G4021 · (being a) busybody, meddling, magic
περίεργος denotes a busybody or one who is overly curious/meddlesome in general affairs, while ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος specifically emphasizes overseeing or supervising others' matters (with the compound including ἐπίσκοπος 'overseer'); both refer to inappropriate meddling in affairs not one's own
Semantic domains 1 entry
Busybody, meddler88.245
In 1 Peter 4:15, believers are warned against suffering “as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler (allotriepískopos),” naming someone who improperly interferes in the affairs of others.
Word family 20 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἄλλος állos · G243 · different, differently, other than · 154×ἀλλά allá · G235 · but, instead, on the contrary · 638×ἀλλήλων allḗlōn · G240 · each other, one another · 100×ἀλλότριος allótrios · G245 · belonging to another, belonging to someone else, stranger · 14×ἀλλάσσω allássō · G236 · to change, to alter, to make different · 6×καταλλάσσω katallássō · G2644 · to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation · 6×καταλλαγή katallagḗ · G2643 · to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation · 4×ἀπαλλάσσω apallássō · G525 · to release, to set free, to settle with · 3×ἀπαλλοτριόω apallotrióō · G526 · to be a stranger, to be a foreigner · 3×ἀποκαταλλάσσω apokatallássō · G604 · to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation · 3×ἀλλαχόθεν allachóthen · G237 · from elsewhere, from some other way · 2×ἀντάλλαγμα antállagma · G465 · something given in exchange · 2×μεταλλάσσω metallássō · G3337 · to exchange, to substitute, to cease and to start · 2×ἀλληγορέω allēgoréō · G238 · to speak allegorically, to employ an analogy, to use a likeness · 1×ἀλλογενής allogenḗs · G241 · foreigner · 1×ἀλλοτριεπίσκοποςallotriepískopos · G244ἀλλόφυλος allóphylos · G246 · foreigner, heathen, pagan · 1×ἄλλως állōs · G247 · different, differently, other than · 1×διαλλάσσω diallássō · G1259 · to be reconciled, to make peace with · 1×παραλλαγή parallagḗ · G3883 · change · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (L T Tr WH ἀλλοτριεπ.),, ὁ (ἀλλότριος and ἐπίσκοπος), "one who takes the supervision of…
(L T Tr WH ἀλλοτριεπ.),, ὁ (ἀλλότριος and ἐπίσκοπος), "one who takes the supervision of affairs pertaining to others and in no wise to himself (a meddler in other men's matters)": 1 Pet 4:15 (the writer seems to refer to those who, with holy but intemperate zeal, meddle with the affairs of the Gentiles — whether public or private, civil or sacred — in order to make them conform to the Christian standard). (Hilgenfeld (cf. Einl. ins N. T., p. 630) would make it equivalent to the Latindelator.) The word is found again only in Dionysius, Areop. ep. 8, p. 783 (of one who intrudes into another's office), and (German of Const. ep. 2 ad Cypr. c. 9, in) Coteler. Eccl. Graec. Mon. 2:481 b.; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 25, 99 (94)).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Being a Busybody1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.