noun · feminine
eutrapelias
Greekεὐτραπελία (eutrapelia)
Strong’sG2160
low jesting, ribaldry
stem eutrapeli-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* εὐτραπελία, -ας, ἡ
(< εὖ, τρέπω),
SYN.: μωρολογία, v. Tr., Syn., § xxxiv
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2160 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidyoo-trap-el-ee'-ah
witticism, i.e. (in a vulgar sense) ribaldry
Fromfrom a compound of G2095 and a derivative of the base of G5157 (meaning well-turned, i.e. ready at repartee, jocose);
King Jamesjesting.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | eutrapelias1×εὐτραπελία | eutrapeliais |
| object accusative | eutrapelian | eutrapeliain |
| direct address vocative | eutrapeliar | eutrapeliair |
| of, belonging to genitive | eutrapeliau | eutrapeliaiu |
| to, for dative | eutrapelia | eutrapeliai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
eutrapelia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
eutrapelias“coarse jesting”subjectnominative singular1×
Ephesians 5:4“coarse jesting”kai aischrotas kai mōrologias ē eutrapelias, heim ouk anēkate, alla mallon eucharistias.Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.