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Busy-Body

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(περίεργος, officious, 1 Timothy 5:13; "curious," Acts 19:19; περιεργάζομαι, to be over-busy, 2 Thessalonians 3:11; ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος, interfering in other people's concerns, 1 Peter 4:15), a person of meddlesome habits, emphatically condemned in the above texts of the N.T. as being akin to the tattler and scandalmonger.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Busy-Body'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/busy-body.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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