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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ματαιολογία

(Strong's #3150 — Noun Feminine — mataiologia — mat-ah-yol-og-ee'-ah )

a noun corresponding to the above, is used in 1 Timothy 1:6 , RV, "vain talking" (AV, "vain jangling").

2: μωρολογία

(Strong's #3473 — Noun Feminine — morologia — mo-rol-og-ee'-ah )

from moros, "foolish, dull, stupid," and lego, is used in Ephesians 5:4; it denotes more than mere idle "talk." Trench describes it as "that 'talk of fools' which is foolishness and sin together" (Syn. xxxiv).

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Talking'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​t/talking.html. 1940.
 
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