G4021

περίεργος

periergosG:A

meddlesome/magic

περίεργος, -ον __I. of persons; __1. over careful. __2. curious, meddling, a busybody: 1Ti.5:13. __II. Of things; __1. over-wrought. __2. super­fluous. __3. curious, uncanny; τὰ π., curious arts, magic: Act.19:19 (see Deiss., BS, 3235.).† (AS)

The KJV translates G4021 in the following manner:

arts (2x), busybodies (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

περίεργος — períergos

περίεργος, περιεργον (περί and ἔργον; see περί, III. 2), busy about trifles and neglectful of important matters, especially busy about other folks' affairs, a busybody: 1Ti 5:13 (often so in secular authors from Xenophon, mem. 1, 3, 1; περιεργων καί πολυπράγμων, Epictetus diss. 3, 1, 21); of things: τά περίεργα, impertinent and superfluous, of magic (A. V., curious) arts, Act 19:19 (so περίεργος practising magic, Aristaen., epistles 2, 18, 2 (cf. Plutarch, Alex. 2, 5)); cf. Kypke, Observations, and Kuinoel, commentary at the passage.

2 occurrences

Acts (1), I Timothy (1)