2001 Translation

PERIERGŌS, periergōs

Sounds Like: peh-ree-ER-gohs

Translations: curiously, busily, officiously, meddlesomely, with anxious care

From the root: ΠΕΡΙΕΡΓΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adverb

Explanation: This adverb describes an action done with excessive or meddlesome curiosity, or with an overly busy and intrusive manner. It can also imply an anxious or meticulous attention to detail, sometimes to the point of being superfluous or unnecessary. It is often used to describe someone who is prying into matters that do not concern them.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G4021 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΡΙΕΡΓΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΠΕΡΙΕΡΓΑ — curious, meddlesome, busybody, useless, superfluous, magic arts, witchcraft, a curious thing, useless things, magic arts
• ΠΕΡΙΕΡΓΟΙ — busybodies, meddlesome, prying, curious, officious
• ΠΕΡΙΕΡΓΟΣ — busybody, meddlesome, curious, officious, superstitious, a busybody, a meddlesome person

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