ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΟΥΝΤΑΣ, πολυπραγμονουντας
POLYPRAGMONOUNTAS, polypragmonountas
Sounds Like: po-loo-prag-mo-NOON-tas
Translations: being a busybody, meddling, interfering, a busybody, an interferer
From the root: ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word describes someone who is excessively busy, meddling in other people's affairs, or interfering where they are not wanted. It is often used to denote a negative characteristic, implying officiousness or a lack of proper boundaries. It is a compound word formed from 'πολύς' (much, many) and 'πράγμα' (deed, thing, affair).
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine or Feminine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G4180 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 11:5
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
- 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
- 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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