adjective

periergas

Greekπερίεργος (periergos)

Strong’sG4021

a busybody, curious, magical

stem perierg-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

busybodies1×magic1×

What it means

* περίεργος, -ον,

I. of persons;

1. over careful.

2. curious, meddling, a busybody: I Ti 5:13.

II. Of things;

1. over-wrought.

2. superfluous.

3. curious, uncanny; τὰ π., curious arts, magic: Ac 19:19 (v. Deiss., BS, 3235.).†

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

Strong’s G4021 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidper-ee'-er-gos

working all around, i.e. officious (meddlesome, neuter plural magic)

Fromfrom G4012 and G2041;

King Jamesbusybody, curious arts.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	periergos	periergas	periergem	periergois	periergais1×περίεργοι	periergeim1×περίεργα
object accusative	periergon	periergan		periergoin	periergain
direct address vocative	periergor	periergar		periergoir	periergair
of, belonging to genitive	periergou	periergau	periergeu	periergoiu	periergaiu	periergeiu
to, for dative	periergo	perierga	perierge	periergoi	periergai	periergei

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

periergstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

perierg 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

periergais“busybodies”subjectnominative plural1×

1 Timothy 5:13“busybodies”hama de kai argais mathalō, periercherōtais tain oikiain, ouk monem de argais alla kai fluarais kai periergais, lalarōtais teim mē darōteim.At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.

periergeim“magic”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Acts 19:19“magic”hikanois de toiu teim periergeim prassaratoiu sumferaratois tain biblain katakaiale enōpion pantoiu; kai sumpsēfizala tain timain autaiu kai heuriskala argurieu muriadain pente.And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.