Definition

to work all around, i.e. bustle about (meddle)

Etymology

from G4012 (περί) and G2038 (ἐργάζομαι);

Word family

• περί perí
• ἐργάζομαι ergázomai

How the KJV renders it

• be a busybody

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.