Spermologos means “babbler” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4691 — metsuqah (“anguish”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4691 σπερμολόγος (spermologos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. spermologos (sper-mol-og'-os) adj. 1. a seed-picker (as the crow) 2. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk) It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include babbler. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
spermologos (sper-mol-og'-os) adj. 1. a seed-picker (as the crow) 2. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk) [from G4690 and G3004] KJV: babbler Root(s): G4690, G3004
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babbler
Usage: σπερμολόγος, -ον (σπέρμα, λέγω) a seed picker; __(a) prop., of birds (Arist., Aristoph, al.); __(b) in Attic slang, of an idler who lives on scraps picked up in the agora; hence, as subst., ὁ σ., an idle babbler: Act.17:18.† (AS)
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's G4691.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
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Spermologos (Strong's G4691) is a Greek word most simply glossed "babbler". spermologos (sper-mol-og'-os) adj. 1. a seed-picker (as the crow) 2. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk)
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's G4691 across 1 book.
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