Quick Definition
I gossip against
Strong's Definition
to be a babbler or trifler, i.e. (by implication) to berate idly or mischievously
Derivation: from G5397 (φλύαρος);
KJV Usage: prate against
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, 3Jn_1:10 (A. V. prating against etc.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φλυαρέω phlyareō 1x
to talk folly or nonsense; in NT trans., bring unjustified charges against, 3Jn_1:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* φλυαρέω , -ῶ
( < φλύαρος ),
to talk nonsense: c . acc pers ., ἡμᾶς ( EV , prating against us), 3Jn_1:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φλυαρέω [page 673]
c. ace. = prate against in 3Jn. 1:10. For the more general meaning talk nonsense, cf. P Cairo Zen III. 59300 .7 (B.C. 250) δικαίως οὖν Ἀπολλωνίδει φλυαρεῖν ἐπέρχεται , ib. 9 οὐκ ἂν νῦν διὰ κενῆς ἐφλυάρει , and the Christian P Heid 6 .12 (iv/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 126) ἵνα οὖν μὴ πολλὰ γράφω καὶ φλυραρήσω ( l. φλυαρήσω ), that I may not by much writing prove myself an idle babbler.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φλυαρέω φλυα_ρέω, [Etym: φλύα_ρος] "to talk nonsense, play the fool", Lat. nugari, Hdt. , Ar. :— c. acc. cogn., φλυαρίαν φλυαρεῖν Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φλυαρέω, -ῶ
(φλύαρος),
to talk nonsense: with accusative of person(s), ἡμᾶς (EV, prating against us), III Jn 10.†
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