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Babbler

Concise Bible Dictionary:

This is literally “master of the tongue” (Eccl. 10:11¹¹Surely 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 17:18¹⁸Then 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