περίεργος
períergos · G4021 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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Pertaining to meddling in someone else’s business ((being a) busybody, meddling)
Examples1 Timothy 5:13 At the same time they also learn to be idle, as they go around from house to house; and not merely idle, but also they become gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention.
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magic, witchcraft
The use of magic based on superstition
ExamplesActs 19:19 And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they added up the prices of the books and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
How it’s used In 1 role
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πράσσωto do 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος allotriepískopos · G244 · busybody, meddler
- Greek noun (used adjectivally in 1 Pet 4:15) meaning 'busybody' or 'one who meddles in others' affairs,' closely parallel to the meddlesome sense of περίεργος
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Magic, witchcraft53.99
- περίεργος can describe practices tied to magic or the occult arts. Luke reports the response of new believers at Ephesus who had practiced such things: “many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone” (Acts 19:19, where the related noun for magic arts describes what they had practiced).
- (being a) busybody, meddling88.244
- The same adjective also describes idle meddling in others' affairs. Paul warns Timothy about younger widows who, left idle, become “gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention” (1 Timothy 5:13, where περίεργος describes this meddling tendency).
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon περιεργον (περί and ἔργον; see περί, III. 2), busy about trifles and neglectful of…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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