Dictionary entry

περιεργάζομαι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** περι-εργάζομαι,

[in LXX: Wi 8:5 א¹, Si 3:23*;]

1. to waste one's labour about a thing.

2. to be a busybody: II Th 3:11 (cf. Plat., Apol., 19 B).†