3473. mórologia
Strong's Concordance
mórologia: foolish talking
Original Word: μωρολογία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: mórologia
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-rol-og-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: foolish talking
Definition: foolish talking.
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Cognate: 3473 mōrología (from 3474 /mōrós, "dull, without an edge," and 3004 /légō, "speaking to a conclusion") – literally, "foolish (moronic) words," i.e. speech flowing out of a dull, sluggish heart (mind) that lost its edge (grip) on reality. This is the "talk of fools, involving foolishness and sinning together" (R. Trench, 121). See 3474 (mōros).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3473: μωρολογία

μωρολογία, μωρολογιας, (μωρολόγος), (stultiloquium, Plautus, Vulg.), foolish talking: Ephesians 5:4. (Aristotle, h. a. 1, 11; Pint. mor., p. 504 b.) (Cf. Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § xxxiv.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
foolish talking.

From a compound of moros and lego; silly talk, i.e. Buffoonery -- foolish talking.

see GREEK moros

see GREEK lego

Forms and Transliterations
μωρολογια μωρολογία morologia morología mōrologia mōrología
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Strong's Greek 3473
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μωρολογία — 1 Occ.

Ephesians 5:4 N-NFS
GRK: αἰσχρότης καὶ μωρολογία ἢ εὐτραπελία
NAS: and [there must be no] filthiness and silly talk, or
KJV: nor foolish talking, nor
INT: filthiness and foolish talking or crude joking

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