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periergos G4021

περίεργος (periergos) means “meddlesome/magic” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

περίεργος Greek · G4021 2 tagged occurrences in 2 verses

Pronunciation guide: per-ee'-er-gos Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4021

περίεργος · periergos · meddlesome/magic

περίεργος, -ον I. of persons; 1. over careful. 2. curious, meddling, a busybody: 1Ti.5:13. II. Of things; 1. over-wrought. 2. super­fluous. 3. curious, uncanny; τὰ π., curious arts, magic: Act.19:19 (see Deiss., BS, 3235.).† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

of persons: over-careful; curious, meddling, a busy-body; of things: over-wrought; superfluous; curious, uncanny; subst: curious arts, magic.

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How translators render G4021

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
busybodies 1
magic arts 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
busybodies 1
curious arts 1

Verses containing G4021

Page 1 of 1. 2 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Acts 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  2. 1 Timothy 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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Sources and text

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