Lexicon phluareó: to talk nonsense Original Word: φλυαρέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phluareó Phonetic Spelling: (floo-ar-eh'-o) Short Definition: I gossip against Definition: I gossip against, talk idly, make empty charges against, talk nonsense. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 5396 phlyaréō (from 5397 /phlýaros, "to bubble up, boil over") – overflowing with speech "that is fluent but empty" (WS, 562). It is used only in 3 Jn 10. See 5397 (phlyaros). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom phluarosDefinitionto talk nonsense NASB Translationunjustly accusing (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5396: φλυαρέωφλυαρέω, φλυάρω; ( φλύαρος, which see); to utter nonsense, talk idly, prate ( Herodotus, Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Plutarch, others); to bring forward idle accusations, make empty charges, Xenophon, Hell. 6, 3, 12; joined with βλασφημεῖν, Isocrates 5, 33: τινα λόγοις πονηροῖς, to accuse one falsely with malicious words, 3 John 1:10 ( A. V. prating against etc.).
Strong's disparage From phluaros; to be a babbler or trifler, i.e. (by implication) to berate idly or mischievously -- prate against. see GREEK phluaros |
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