Quick Definition
φλύαρος, ον Adj prating, talking foolishly
Strong's Definition
a garrulous person, i.e. prater
Derivation: from (to bubble);
KJV Usage: tattler
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | φλυαρέω
33.375 · Communication · Foolish Talk
one who talks nonsense, gossipy (derivative of φλυαρέω ‘to talk nonsense,’ 33.374) pertaining to talking nonsense It is possible that in 1TI 5:13 φλύαρος should be rendered as ‘gossipy’ in view of the fact that one who speaks nonsense about someone else is normally gossiping.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φλύαρος, -ov, (φλύω, ‘to boil up,’ “ throw up bubbles’, of water; and since bubbles are hollow and _ useless things, ‘to indulge in empty and foolish talk”); of per sons, uttering or doing silly things, garrulous, babbling, [A. V. tattlers]: 1 Tim. v. 13 [Dion. Hal. de comp. verb. 26, vol. v. 215, 3; al.]; of things, foolish, trifling, vain: φιλοσοφία, 4 Mace. v. 10. (Plat., Joseph. vit. § 31; often in Plut.; Aeschyl. dial. Socr. 8, 13; al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φλύαρος phlyaros 1x
a gossip, tattler, 1 Tim. 5:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** φλύαρος, -ον
(< φλύω, to babble), [in LXX: IV Mac 5:10 * ;]
babbling, garrulous: I Ti 5:13 (EV, tattlers; of things, φιλοσοφία, IV Mac, l.c.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φλύαρος (phluaros) — gossipy. φλύᾱρ-ος [ῠ], ὁ, silly talk, foolery, nonsense, τἄλλα πάντ᾽ ἐστὶ φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, fooleries, πολλῶν φλυάρων καὶ ταὧν ἀντάξια [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. tattler, babbler, [NT+5th c.BC+]: as adjective, ἡ φ. φιλοσοφία [LXX+1st c.BC+]: comparative φλυαρότερος [Refs 2nd c.AD+] adverb φλυάρως[Refs 5th c.BC+]