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Strong's #5396 - φλυαρέω

Transliteration
phlyaréō
Phonetics
floo-ar-eh'-o
Origin
from (G5397)
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
None
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φλύαρος
Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to utter nonsense, talk idly, prate
  2. to bring forward idle accusations, make empty charges
  3. to accuse one falsely with malicious words
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (1)
3 John 1
BSB (1)
3 John 1
CSB (1)
3 John 1
ESV (0)
The English Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number
KJV (1)
3 John 1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
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LSB (2)
3 John 2
N95 (2)
3 John 2
NAS (2)
3 John 2
NLT (1)
3 John 2
WEB (1)
3 John 1
YLT (1)
3 John 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

φλῠᾱρ-έω,

Ion. φλῠηρέω: —

talk nonsense, play the fool, ταῦτα λέγουσι φλυηρέοντες Hdt. 2.131, cf. 7.104, Ar. Eq. 545 (anap.), V. 85, Pl. 360, 575 (anap.); παῦσαι φλυαρῶν Philem. 213.1 (troch.); φλυαρεῖς πρός με Men. Pk. 146; οὐ φλυαρῶ (parenthetically) 'no joke', 'seriously', ib. 153: c. acc. cogn., φάσκοντα.. ἀεροβατεῖν καὶ ἄλλην πολλὴν φλυαρίαν φλυαροῦντα Pl. Revelation 19:1-21 c; πολλὰ φλυηρέεις Hdt. 7.103; ταῦτα φ. Isoc. 5.75; τοιαῦτα Pl. R. 337b; ἄφες ἂ φλυαρεῖς ταῦτα Men. Sam. 313. c. part., οὐ μὴ φλυαρήσεις ἔχων Ar. Ra. 202; φλυαρεῖς ἔχων Pl. Grg. 490e; ἔχων φ. Id. Euthd. 295c; Αἰσχύλος φ. φάσκων Id. Smp. 180a; Δερκυλίδας φ. διατρίβων X. HG 3.1.18.

II trans., prate against, ἡμᾶς 3 John 1:10 : Pass., φλυαρηθέντες καὶ κατακερτομηθέντες Ph. 2.599; to be made a fool of, D.L. 7.173.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

φλυαρέω, 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.).


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* φλυαρέω , -

(< φλύαρος ),

to talk nonsense: c. acc pers., ἡμᾶς (EV, prating against us), 3 John 1:10.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";lead by the hand,"; ";guide"; (Act. 9:8; Act. 22:11, cf. Jdg. 16:16 A, Tob. 11:16 א) : P Par 63.55 (B.C. 164) (= P Petrlll. p. 22) [σ ]τε καὶ τὸν πάντων ἐπειρότατον ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν [τ ]ῶν πραγμάτ [ων ] χειραγωγούμενον, ";so that even the most inexperienced person in the world being guided by the facts themselves"; (Mahaffy). Cf. Musonius p. 70.7 χειραγωγούντων τοὺς γονεῖς, and Ev. Petr. 9 τοῦ δὲ χειραγωγουμένου ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὑπερβαίνουσαν τοὺς οὐρανούς, and ";(the head) of him that was led by them overpassed the heavens.";

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
φλυαρων φλυαρών φλυαρῶν phluaron phluarōn phlyaron phlyarôn phlyarōn phlyarō̂n
 
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