ΦΛΥΑΡΟΙ, φλυαροι
PHLYAROI, phlyaroi
Sounds Like: phly-A-roy
Translations: babbling, talkative, a babbler, a gossip, a busybody
From the root: ΦΛΥΑΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is excessively talkative, especially in a foolish or idle manner. It can refer to a person who babbles, gossips, or meddles in others' affairs. It is often used to characterize individuals who speak about things that are not their concern or who engage in idle chatter.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5397 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Timothy — 5:13
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Timothy — 5:13
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΛΥΑΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΛΟΙΑΡΟΥ — (of) babbling, (of) prating, (of) foolish, (of) nonsensical
- ΦΛΥΑΡΟΝ — babbling, talkative, garrulous, a babbler, a talker of nonsense, a babbling, a talkative person, a garrulous person
- ΦΛΥΑΡΟΣ — babbling, prating, garrulous, talkative, a babbler, an idle talker
- ΦΛΥΑΡΟΥ — of babbling, of foolish, of prating, of empty talk
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