φλύαρος
Transliteration
phlyaros (Key)
Pronunciation
floo'-ar-os
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From phluo (to bubble)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
φλύαροι — 1x
φλύαροι — 1x
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Strong’s Definitions

φλύαρος phlýaros, floo'-ar-os; from φλύω phlýō (to bubble); a garrulous person, i.e. prater:—tattler.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5397 in the following manner: tattler (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5397 in the following manner: tattler (1x).

  1. of persons uttering or doing silly things, garrulous, babbling

  2. of things, foolish, trifling, vain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φλύαρος phlýaros, floo'-ar-os; from φλύω phlýō (to bubble); a garrulous person, i.e. prater:—tattler.
STRONGS G5397:
φλύαρος, φλυαρον (φλύω, 'to boil up,' 'throw up bubbles', of water; and since bubbles are hollow and useless things, 'to indulge in empty and foolish talk'); of persons, uttering or doing silly things, garrulous, babbling (A. V. tattlers): 1 Timothy 5:13 (Dionysius Halicarnassus, de comp. verb. 26, vol. 5:215, 3; others); of things, foolish, trifling, vain: φιλοσοφία, 4 Macc. 5:10. (Plato, Josephus, Vita §31; often in Plutarch; Aeschylus dial. Socrates 3, 13; others.)
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