King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER G5396
Transliteration: phlyareō
Phonetic Spelling: (floo-ar-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to talk nonsense
Meaning: to talk nonsense
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.).
Word Summary
phlyareō: to talk nonsense
Original Word: φλυαρέωTransliteration: phlyareō
Phonetic Spelling: (floo-ar-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to talk nonsense
Meaning: to talk nonsense
Strong's Concordance
disparageFrom phluaros; to be a babbler or trifler, i.e. (by implication) to berate idly or mischievously -- prate against.
see GREEK phluaros
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.).