Strong's Greek · G4021
περίεργος
períergos
Definitionworking all around, i.e. officious (meddlesome, neuter plural magic)
Derivationfrom G4012 (περί) and G2041 (ἔργον);
KJV usagebusybody, curious arts
Occurrences2 in the KJV · 2 verses
περίεργος in Scripture
Acts 19:19
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.
1 Timothy 5:13
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.