Strong's Lexicon
G5396
G5396 — φλυαρέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5396 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φλυαρέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G5397 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | phluareo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | floo-ar-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be a babbler or trifler 2. (by implication) to berate idly or mischievously |
| KJV Renderings: | prate against |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φλυαρέω, φλυάρω; (φλύαρος, which see); to utter nonsense, talk idly, prate (Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Plutarch, others); to bring forward idle accusations, make empty charges, Xenophon, Hell. 6, 3, 12; joined with βλασφημεῖν, Isocrates 5, 33: τινα λόγοις πονηροῖς, to accuse one falsely with malicious words, 3Jn 1:10 (A. V. prating against etc.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φλυαρέω (prate against)
3 John 1:10
- KJV: Wherefore if I come I will remember his deeds which he doeth prating against us with malicious words and not content therewith neither doth he himself receive the brethren and forbiddeth them that would and casteth out of the church
- GK: δια τούτο εάν έλθω υπομνήσω αυτού τα έργα α ποιεί λόγοις πονηροίς φλυαρών ημάς και μη αρκούμενος επί τούτοις ούτε αυτός επιδέχεται τους αδελφούς και τους βουλομένους κωλύει και εκ της εκκλησίας εκβάλλει