Strong's Lexicon
G5397 — φλύαρος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5397 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φλύαρος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from phluo "to bubble" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | phluaros |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | floo'-ar-os |
| Meaning: | 1. excessively talkative, i.e. prater |
| KJV Renderings: | tattler |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φλύαρος, φλυαρον (φλύω, ’to boil up,’ ’throw up bubbles’, of water; and since bubbles are hollow and useless things, ’to indulge in empty and foolish talk’); of persons, uttering or doing silly things, garrulous, babbling (A. V. tattlers): 1Ti 5:13 (Dionysius Halicarnassus, de comp. verb. 26, vol. 5:215, 3; others); of things, foolish, trifling, vain: φιλοσοφία, 4Ma 5:10. (Plato, Josephus, Vita §31; often in Plutarch; Aeschylus dial. Socrates 3, 13; others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φλύαρος (tattler)
1 Timothy 5:13
- KJV: And withal they learn idle wandering about from house to house and not only idle but tattlers also and busybodies speaking things which they ought not
- GK: άμα δε και αργαί μανθάνουσι περιερχόμεναι τας οικιάς ου μόνον δε αργαί αλλά και φλύαροι και περίεργοι λαλούσαι τα μη δέοντα