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Lexicon :: Strong's G2160 - eutrapelia

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εὐτραπελία
Transliteration
eutrapelia (Key)
Pronunciation
yoo-trap-el-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of εὖ (G2095) and a derivative of the base of τροπή (G5157) (meaning well-turned, i.e. ready at repartee, jocose)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

εὐτραπελία eutrapelía, yoo-trap-el-ee'-ah; from a compound of G2095 and a derivative of the base of G5157 (meaning well-turned, i.e. ready at repartee, jocose); witticism, i.e. (in a vulgar sense) ribaldry:—jesting.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2160 in the following manner: jesting (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2160 in the following manner: jesting (1x).

  1. pleasantry, humour, facetiousness

  2. in a bad sense

    1. scurrility, ribaldry, low jesting

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εὐτραπελία eutrapelía, yoo-trap-el-ee'-ah; from a compound of G2095 and a derivative of the base of G5157 (meaning well-turned, i.e. ready at repartee, jocose); witticism, i.e. (in a vulgar sense) ribaldry:—jesting.
STRONGS G2160:
εὐτραπελία, -ας, ἡ, (from εὐτράπελος, from εὖ, and τρέπω to turn: easily turning; nimble-witted, witty, sharp), pleasantry, humor, facetiousness, ([Hippocrates], Plato, rep. 8, p. 563a.; Diodorus 15, 6; 20, 63; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 4, 3; Plutarch, others); in a bad sense, scurrility, ribaldry, low jesting (in which there is some acuteness): Ephesians 5:4; in a milder sense, Aristotle, eth. 2, 7, 13; [ἡ εὐτραπελία πεπαιδευμένη ὕβρις ἐστίν, rhet. 2, 12, 16 (cf. Cope, on the passage); cf. Trench § 34; Matt. Arnold, Irish Essays etc., p. 187ff (Speech at Eton) 1882].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Ephesians
5:4

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Strong's Number G2160 matches the Greek εὐτραπελία (eutrapelia),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:4 - nor filthiness and foolish talk, or coarse G2160 jesting G2160, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
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