σπερμολόγοςspermológos
a seed-picker (as the crow), i.e. (figuratively) a sponger, loafer (specially, a gossip or trifler in talk)
Greek (New Testament) · G4691
Meanings
a seed picker
(a) properly, of birds
(b) in Attic slang, of an idler who lives on scraps picked up in the agora; hence, as as a noun, ὁ σ., an idle babbler: Acts 17:18.
Same root
- σπέρμαspérma · G4690something sown, i.e. seed (including the male "sperm"); by implication, offspring; specially, a remnant (figuratively, as if kept over for planting)
- λέγωlégō · G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 (ἔπω) and G5346 (φημί) generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 (ῥέω) is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 (λαλέω) means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Acts 17:18 He also had a debate with some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. When he told them about Jesus and his resurrection, they said, “What’s this babbler trying to say with these strange ideas he’s picked up?” Others said, “He seems to be preaching about some foreign gods.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.