Lexicon eutrapelia: Coarse jesting, vulgarity, ribaldry Original Word: εὐτραπελία Strong's Exhaustive Concordance jesting. From a compound of eu and a derivative of the base of trope (meaning well-turned, i.e. Ready at repartee, jocose); witticism, i.e. (in a vulgar sense) ribaldry -- jesting. see GREEK eu see GREEK trope NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom eu and the same as tropé Definition ready wit, coarse jesting NASB Translation coarse jesting (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2160: εὐτραπελίαεὐτραπελία, ἐυτραπελιας, 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 πεπαιδευμενη ὕβρις ἐστιν, rhet. 2, 12, 16 (cf. Cope, in the place cited); cf. Trench, § xxxiv.; Matt. Arnold, Irish Essays etc., p. 187ff (Speech at Eton) 1882). Forms and Transliterations ευτραπελια ευτραπελία εὐτραπελία eutrapelia eutrapelíaLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |
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