verb

periergazemō

Greekπεριεργάζομαι (periergazomai)

Strong’sG4020

I overdo, am a busybody

stem periergaz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

busybodies1×

What it means

** περι-εργάζομαι,

[in LXX: Wi 8:5 א1, Si 3:23*;]

1. to waste one's labour about a thing.

2. to be a busybody: II Th 3:11 (cf. Plat., Apol., 19 B).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4020 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidper-ee-er-gad'-zom-ahee

to work all around, i.e. bustle about (meddle)

Fromfrom G4012 and G2038;

King Jamesbe a busybody.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
periergazerōtoinπεριεργαζομένους	happening now · objectpresent middle participle accusative plural masculine	busybodies	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	periergazemō	periergazeme	periergazemi	periergazema	periergazemē	periergazemelē
you 2nd person singular	periergazesō	periergazese	periergazesi	periergazesa	periergazesē	periergazeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	periergazetō	periergazete	periergazeti	periergazeta	periergazetē	periergazetelē
we 1st person plural	periergazenō	periergazene	periergazeni	periergazena	periergazenē	periergazenelē
ye 2nd person plural	periergazevō	periergazeve	periergazevi	periergazeva	periergazevē	periergazevelē
they 3rd person plural	periergazelō	periergazele	periergazeli	periergazela	periergazelē	periergazelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	periergazemeiō	periergazemeia	periergazemeiē
you 2nd person singular	periergazeseiō	periergazeseia	periergazeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	periergazeteiō	periergazeteia	periergazeteiē
we 1st person plural	periergazeneiō	periergazeneia	periergazeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	periergazeveiō	periergazeveia	periergazeveiē
they 3rd person plural	periergazeleiō	periergazeleia	periergazeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	periergazesōr	periergazesar	periergazesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	periergazetōr	periergazetar	periergazetēr
ye 2nd person plural	periergazevōr	periergazevar	periergazevēr
they 3rd person plural	periergazelōr	periergazelar	periergazelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	periergazemoiō	periergazemoia
you 2nd person singular	periergazesoiō	periergazesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	periergazetoiō	periergazetoia
we 1st person plural	periergazenoiō	periergazenoia
ye 2nd person plural	periergazevoiō	periergazevoia
they 3rd person plural	periergazeloiō	periergazeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	periergazerō	periergazeri	periergazera	periergazerē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	periergazerōtos1×	periergazeritos	periergazeratos	periergazerētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

periergazstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

periergaz 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

periergazerōtoin“busybodies”happening now · objectpresent middle participle accusative plural masculine1×

2 Thessalonians 3:11“busybodies”akouanō gar tinoin peripatarōtoin en vi ataktōs, mēdenem ergazerōtoin alla periergazerōtoin;For we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives, accomplishing nothing, but being busybodies.