Lexical 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.). |