ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ, πολυπραγμονεισθαι
POLYPRAGMONEISTHAI, polypragmoneisthai
Sounds Like: po-ly-prag-mo-NEH-sthai
Translations: to be a busybody, to meddle, to be officious, to be over-active, to be a meddler
From the root: ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of being a busybody, meddling in other people's affairs, or being overly officious. It implies an intrusive and often unwelcome involvement in matters that do not concern one. It is a compound word formed from 'πολύς' (much, many) and 'πράγμα' (deed, affair), literally meaning 'to do many things' or 'to be involved in many affairs', often with a negative connotation of being overly curious or interfering.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4179 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 3:76
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΗΣΑΝ — they were busy, they meddled, they inquired curiously, they investigated, they pried
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΙ — to be a busybody, to meddle, to be officious, to be over-busy
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΙΝ — to be a busybody, to meddle, to be over-officious, to be curious, to be inquisitive
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΙΤΕ — to be a busybody, to be meddlesome, to be a meddler, to be officious, to meddle, to busy oneself, to be curious
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΩ — to be a busybody, to meddle, to be officious, to be over-active
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΗΣΑΙ — to be a busybody, to meddle, to be officious, to be over-busy
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΗΣΑΝΤΙ — (to) meddle, (to) be a busybody, (to) be officious
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΗΣΟΝΤΑΣ — meddling, busybody, interfering, inquisitive, curious
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΟΥΝΤΑΣ — being a busybody, meddling, interfering, a busybody, an interferer
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ — being busybodies, being meddlers, being officious, being over-active
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΟΥΝΤΟΣ — of being a busybody, of meddling, of being over-officious
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΟΥΣΑ — being a busybody, meddling, interfering, being officious
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