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Concise Bible Dictionary
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This is literally “
master
of the tongue” (
Eccl. 10:11
11
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. (Ecclesiastes 10:11)
): the verse may be translated, “If the
serpent
bite without enchantment, then the ‘
charmer
’ hath no advantage.” In
Acts 17:18
18
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. (Acts 17:18)
the word
is σπερμολόγος, literally “seed picker;” a word of contempt; one that picks up idle tales, a gossip, chatterer; “base fellow” (margin).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
4691
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
σπερμολόγος
Transliteration:
spermologos
Phonic:
sper-mol-og’-os
Meaning:
from
4690
and
3004
; a seed-picker (as the crow), i.e. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk)
KJV Usage:
babbler
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“Study to show thyself approved unto God, … rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
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