adjective

spermologos

Greekσπερμολόγος (spermologos)

Strong’sG4691

a babbler

stem spermolog-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

babbler1×

What it means

* σπερμολόγος, -ον

(< σπέρμα, λέγω)

a seed picker;

(a) prop., of birds (Arist., Aristoph, al.);

(b) in Attic slang, of an idler who lives on scraps picked up in the agora; hence, as subst., ὁ σ., an idle babbler: Ac 17:18.†

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

Strong’s G4691 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsper-mol-og'-os

a seed-picker (as the crow), i.e. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk)

Fromfrom G4690 and G3004;

King Jamesbabbler.

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	spermologos1×σπερμολόγος	spermologas	spermologem	spermologois	spermologais	spermologeim
object accusative	spermologon	spermologan		spermologoin	spermologain
direct address vocative	spermologor	spermologar		spermologoir	spermologair
of, belonging to genitive	spermologou	spermologau	spermologeu	spermologoiu	spermologaiu	spermologeiu
to, for dative	spermologo	spermologa	spermologe	spermologoi	spermologai	spermologei

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

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

spermolog 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

spermologos“babbler”subjectnominative singular1×

Acts 17:18“babbler”tinois de kai toiu Epikoureioiu kai Stoikoiu filosofoiu sumballale auto, kai tinois legale; Tinem an thelatoiō tos spermologos houtos legarō? tois de; Xeneiu daimoneiu dokatō katangeleuos arō; hoti ton Iēsun kai tan anastasian euangelizete.Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.