ΦΛΟΙΑΡΩΝ, φλοιαρων
PHLOIARŌN, phloiarōn
Sounds Like: floy-AR-ohn
Translations: babbling, prating, gossiping, talking nonsense, speaking idly
From the root: ΦΛΥΑΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of speaking idly, talking nonsense, or engaging in empty chatter. It implies a lack of substance or purpose in one's speech, often with a negative connotation of being a busybody or a gossip. It is used to describe someone who is verbose without saying anything meaningful.
Inflection: Present Participle, Active Voice, Masculine, Genitive Plural
Strong’s number: G5396 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 3 John — 1:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΛΥΑΡΕΩ.
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.
- ΦΛΥΑΡΩΝ — of babbling, of talking nonsense, of prating, of speaking idly
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