Forms of the word

Dictionary
περίεργος, ον
Greek transliteration
periergos
Simplified transliteration
periergos

Numbers

Strong's number
4021
GK Number
4319

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-3a
Gloss
meddlesome, curious; (n.) busybody; (pl.) sorcery, magical arts
Definition
over careful; officious, a busybody, 1 Tim. 5:13; in NT περιεργα, magic arts, sorcery, Acts 19:19*

Greek-English Concordance for περίεργος

Acts 19:19 And a number of those who had practiced magic (perierga | περίεργα | acc pl neut) arts collected their books and burned them up in the sight of all. And they calculated the value of them and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
1 Timothy 5:13 But at the same time they also learn to be idlers, flitting about among houses, but not only idlers but also gossips and busybodies (periergoi | περίεργοι | nom pl fem), speaking about things that they should not.

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