Bible Encyclopedias
Busy-Body (2)
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
(περίεργος, officious, 1 Timothy 5:13; "curious," Acts 19:19; περιεργάζομαι, to be over-busy, 2 Thessalonians 3:11; ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος, interfering in other people's concerns, 1 Peter 4:15), a person of meddlesome habits, emphatically condemned in the above texts of the N.T. as being akin to the tattler and scandalmonger.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Busy-Body (2)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/busy-body-2.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.