Definition

an idle (i.e. senseless or mischievous) talker, i.e. a wrangler

Etymology

from G3152 (μάταιος) and G3004 (λέγω);

Word family

• μάταιος mátaios
• λέγω légō

How the KJV renders it

• vain talker

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.