4021 - periergos

Strong's Concordance

Original word: περίεργος
Transliteration: periergos
Definition (short): busybodies
Definition (full): overly careful, curious, meddling, a busybody

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from peri and ergon
Definition: overly careful, curious, meddling, subst. a busybody
NASB Translation: busybodies (1), magic (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From peri and ergon; working all around, i.e. Officious (meddlesome, neuter plural magic) -- busybody, curious arts.

see GREEK peri

see GREEK ergon

KJV: Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
NASB: And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
KJV: And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
NASB: At the same time they also learn to be idle, as they go around from house to house; and not merely idle, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention.