ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΟΥΝΤΕΣ, πολυπραγμονουντες
POLYPRAGMONOUNTES, polypragmonountes
Sounds Like: po-loo-prag-mo-NOON-tes
Translations: being busybodies, being meddlers, being officious, being over-active
From the root: ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes people who are overly busy, meddlesome, or officious, often interfering in matters that do not concern them. It implies an intrusive or inquisitive nature, often with negative connotations of being a 'busyboddy' or 'meddler'. It is a compound word formed from 'πολύς' (much, many) and 'πράγμα' (deed, matter), literally meaning 'doing many things' or 'being busy with many things'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G4180 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 9:285
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
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΟΥΝΤΑΣ — being a busybody, meddling, interfering, a busybody, an interferer
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΟΥΝΤΟΣ — of being a busybody, of meddling, of being over-officious
- ΠΟΛΥΠΡΑΓΜΟΝΟΥΣΑ — being a busybody, meddling, interfering, being officious
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