UBS Greek Dictionary Article

περιεργάζομαι

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ἐργάζομαι

Sense 1: to be a busybody

Semantic entry: 88.243

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Being a Busybody

Definition: to meddle in the affairs of someone else

Notes: In some languages one may speak of a busybody as ‘one who puts his spoon in someone else’s cup’ or ‘one who always tells another how to buy and sell.’

TH2 3:11: RV TH2 3:11 · LV TH2 3:11 · Read together TH2 3:11

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OET-RV TH2 3:11

11 Yes, we’ve heard that there are some who associate with you, brothers and sisters, who are lazy—not doing any work, but just meddling,

OET-LV TH2 3:11

11 For/Because we _are _hearing some are walking among you _all lazily, nothing working, but meddling.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

περιεργάζομαι

Form 1

Sense 1: to be a busybody