GreekG4020Verb
περιεργάζομαι
periergazomai
“be a busybody”
1Occurrences
G4020Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
to work all around, i.e. bustle about (meddle)
from G4012 (περί) and G2038 (ἐργάζομαι);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.to waste one's labour about a thing.
2.to be a busybody
LXX: א1, *
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Verb
Morphology Code
G:V
Full Description
Greek Verb
Occurrences
περιεργάζομαι appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
2 Thessalonians
1
Key Passages
2 Thessalonians 3:11BSB
Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.
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