Strong G4021περίεργος
meddlesome/magic
- Transliteration
- periergos
- Pronunciation
- per-ee'-er-gos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
περίεργος, -ον
I. of persons;
1. over careful.
2. curious, meddling, a busybody: 1Ti.5:13.
II. Of things;
1. over-wrought.
2. superfluous.
3. curious, uncanny; τὰ π., curious arts, magic: Act.19:19 (see Deiss., BS, 3235.).†
(AS)
I. of persons;
1. over careful.
2. curious, meddling, a busybody: 1Ti.5:13.
II. Of things;
1. over-wrought.
2. superfluous.
3. curious, uncanny; τὰ π., curious arts, magic: Act.19:19 (see Deiss., BS, 3235.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4021 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- art1
- busybody1
First verses
- Acts 19:19Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
- 1 Timothy 5:13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
περίεργος, ον,
taking needless trouble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.35; γραμματικῶν π. γένη “Anthologia Graeca” 11.322 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus))]. adverb -γως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 7.)]
2 officious, meddlesome, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.98, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 85)]; π. εἰμι I am a busy-body, [Refs ([prev. author] “Epit.” 45)]; περίεργα βλέπειν look curiously at, with accusative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.175 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.3.8 (_comparative_).)]
3 of an inquiring mind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Respiratione” 480b27)]; inquisitive, curious, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.12.3 (_superlative_))]; π. παιδία [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.635)]; τὸ π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 4)]. adverb -γως, ἔχειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” p.1)] H.: comparative -ότερον, ἔχειν πρός τινα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.130d.)]
II passive, overwrought, elaborate, ὀδμή (perfume) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 10; φορήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 321; ζωγράφημα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.64a)]; τὸ τῆς κόμης π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 13)]; especially of language or style, ὀνόματα, λόγοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.229, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 14; τὸ π. Θουκυδίδου [prev. author] “Vett.Cens.” 3.2)]: comparative, - οτέρα λέξις [Refs ([prev. author] “Is.” 3)]. adverb -γως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 9.14.7)]: comparative -ότερον, ἠσκημένος τὴν κόμην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.1.1; ἐξορχεῖσθαι 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.5.3.)]
II.2 superfluous, π. καὶ μακρὰ λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 286c)]; ὅπως εἴ τις π. ἀφαιρεθῇ (i.e. δαπάνη) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1359b27; π. ἐστί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.33, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.31; π. [ἐστι] τὸ λέγειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1315a40, compare “Rh.” 1369a8)]; futile, useless, πόλεμος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.117)]. adverb -γως[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 13.4, etc.)]
II.3 curious, superstitious, ἱερουργίαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 2)]; τὰ π. curious arts, magic, [NT (NT.Acts.19.19.)]
taking needless trouble, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.35; γραμματικῶν π. γένη “Anthologia Graeca” 11.322 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus))]. adverb -γως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ εὐσχημοσύνης” 7.)]
2 officious, meddlesome, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.98, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.1, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 85)]; π. εἰμι I am a busy-body, [Refs ([prev. author] “Epit.” 45)]; περίεργα βλέπειν look curiously at, with accusative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 12.175 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), compare 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.3.8 (_comparative_).)]
3 of an inquiring mind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Respiratione” 480b27)]; inquisitive, curious, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.12.3 (_superlative_))]; π. παιδία [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.635)]; τὸ π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 4)]. adverb -γως, ἔχειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Astrampsychus Onirocriticus “Oracula” p.1)] H.: comparative -ότερον, ἔχειν πρός τινα [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.130d.)]
II passive, overwrought, elaborate, ὀδμή (perfume) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 10; φορήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 321; ζωγράφημα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.64a)]; τὸ τῆς κόμης π. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 13)]; especially of language or style, ὀνόματα, λόγοι, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.229, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 14; τὸ π. Θουκυδίδου [prev. author] “Vett.Cens.” 3.2)]: comparative, - οτέρα λέξις [Refs ([prev. author] “Is.” 3)]. adverb -γως[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 9.14.7)]: comparative -ότερον, ἠσκημένος τὴν κόμην [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.1.1; ἐξορχεῖσθαι 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 5.5.3.)]
II.2 superfluous, π. καὶ μακρὰ λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 286c)]; ὅπως εἴ τις π. ἀφαιρεθῇ (i.e. δαπάνη) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1359b27; π. ἐστί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.33, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.31; π. [ἐστι] τὸ λέγειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1315a40, compare “Rh.” 1369a8)]; futile, useless, πόλεμος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.117)]. adverb -γως[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 13.4, etc.)]
II.3 curious, superstitious, ἱερουργίαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 2)]; τὰ π. curious arts, magic, [NT (NT.Acts.19.19.)]