G4020: περιεργάζομαι
periergázomai · “be a busybody”
Definition
to work all around, i.e. bustle about (meddle)
KJV translates it as: be a busybody
Extended definition
περι-εργάζομαι
[in LXX: Wis.8:5 א1, Sir.3:23 * ;]
1. to waste one's labour about a thing.
2. to be a busybody: 2Th.3:11 (cf. Plat., Apol., 19 B).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Wis.8:5 א1, Sir.3:23 * ;]
1. to waste one's labour about a thing.
2. to be a busybody: 2Th.3:11 (cf. Plat., Apol., 19 B).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4020 is translated
- being busybodies. ×1
Bible verses with G4020 (periergázomai)
Periergázomai appears in 1 verse.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:11
For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.