Strong G4691σπερμολόγος
babbler
- Transliteration
- spermologos
- Pronunciation
- sper-mol-og'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
σπερμολόγος, -ον
(σπέρμα, λέγω)
a seed picker;
__(a) prop., of birds (Arist., Aristoph, al.);
__(b) in Attic slang, of an idler who lives on scraps picked up in the agora; hence, as subst., ὁ σ., an idle babbler: Act.17:18.†
(AS)
(σπέρμα, λέγω)
a seed picker;
__(a) prop., of birds (Arist., Aristoph, al.);
__(b) in Attic slang, of an idler who lives on scraps picked up in the agora; hence, as subst., ὁ σ., an idle babbler: Act.17:18.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4691 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- babbler1
First verses
- Acts 17:18Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σπερμο-λόγος, ον,
(λέγω) picking up seeds, of birds, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Demetr.” 28, Alex.Mynd. cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.388a)]: as substantive, rook, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592b28)]; glossed κολοιῶδες ζῷον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; σπερμολόγων τε γένη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 232 (Lyric poetry), compare 579.)]
2 τὰ σπερμολόγα τῶν παιδαρίων guttersnipes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.85f.)]
II picking up scraps, gossiping, ἄνθρωπος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 19.5 (_superlative_, [prev. work] 4))]; also πικρὰ καὶ σ. ῥήματα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.456c.)]
III as substantive, one who picks up and retails scraps of knowledge, an idle babbler, gossip, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.127, NT.Act.17.18, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.344c.)]
(λέγω) picking up seeds, of birds, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Demetr.” 28, Alex.Mynd. cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.388a)]: as substantive, rook, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 592b28)]; glossed κολοιῶδες ζῷον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; σπερμολόγων τε γένη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 232 (Lyric poetry), compare 579.)]
2 τὰ σπερμολόγα τῶν παιδαρίων guttersnipes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.85f.)]
II picking up scraps, gossiping, ἄνθρωπος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 19.5 (_superlative_, [prev. work] 4))]; also πικρὰ καὶ σ. ῥήματα [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.456c.)]
III as substantive, one who picks up and retails scraps of knowledge, an idle babbler, gossip, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.127, NT.Act.17.18, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.344c.)]