Dictionary entry

περίεργος

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

* περίεργος, -ον,

I. of persons;

1. over careful.

2. curious, meddling, a busybody: I Ti 5:13.

II. Of things;

1. over-wrought.

2. superfluous.

3. curious, uncanny; τὰ π., curious arts, magic: Ac 19:19 (v. Deiss., BS, 323₅.).†