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GreekG4021Adjective

περίεργος

periergos

2Occurrences
G4021Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

working all around, i.e. officious (meddlesome, neuter plural magic)

from G4012 (περί) and G2041 (ἔργον);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
I
of persons
1.over careful.
2.curious, meddling, a busybody
II
Of things
1.over-wrought.
2.super­fluous.
3.curious, uncanny; τὰ π., curious arts, magic

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

περίεργος appears 2 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Timothy
1
Acts
1

Key Passages

1 Timothy 5:13BSB

At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

Acts 19:19BSB

And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.