Word study · Greek
periergázomai
be busybodies
Say it: per-ee-er-GAD-zo-my (approximate)
περιεργάζομαι
What it means
To be a busybody, to work at what is not one's business (a play on ergazomai, "to work": "not working, but over-working"). In 3:11, "who don't work at all, but are busybodies." It appears only here.
Range of meaning
- Be a busybodyMeddle in others' affairs.
- Overwork pointlesslyBe busy without being useful.
In 2 Thessalonians
- Chapter 3
"But are busybodies" (3:11).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G4020 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources