Strong's Lexicon

G3552

G3552 — νοσέω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreeknoseoverbOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3552
Word:νοσέω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G3554
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:noseo
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:nos-eh'-o
Meaning:1. to be sick 2. (by implication, of a diseased appetite) to hanker after 3. (figuratively) to harp upon
KJV Renderings:dote

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

νοσέω, νόσῳ; (νόσος); from (Aeschylus), Herodotus down; to be sick; metaphorically, of any ailment of the mind (ἀνηκέστω πονηρία νόσειν Ἀθηναιους, Xenophon, mem. 3, 5, 18 and many other examples in Greek authors): περί τί, to be taken with such an interest in a thing as amounts to a disease, to have a morbid fondness for, 1Ti 6:4 (περί δόξαν, Plato, mor., p. 546 d.).

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

νοσέω (dote)

1 Timothy 6:4

KJV: He is proud knowing nothing but doting about questions and strifes of words where of cometh envy strife railings evil surmisings
GK: τετύφωται μηδέν επιστάμενος αλλά νοσών περί ζητήσεις και λογομαχίας εξ ων γίνεται φθόνος έρις βλασφημίαι υπόνοιαι πονηραί
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