ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΙΝ, πολυπραγμονειν
POLYPRAGMONEIN, polypragmonein
Sounds Like: po-ly-prag-mo-NEH-in
Translations: to be a busybody, to meddle, to be over-officious, to be curious, to be inquisitive
From the root: ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning to be a busybody, to meddle in other people's affairs, or to be excessively curious or inquisitive. It describes someone who is overly active or intrusive in matters that do not concern them. It can be used in a sentence to describe someone who is interfering or prying.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4180 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 2 — 12:267
- Book 4 — 6:102
- Book 5 — 1:6
- Book 8 — 4:129
- Book 9 — 6:115
- Book 10 — 10:210
- Book 15 — 6:165, 8:285
- Book 16 — 4:96
- Book 18 — 4:95
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 2:30
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
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to be a busybody, to meddle, to be officious, to be over-active, to be a meddler
- 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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