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STRONGS NUMBER G2160
Transliteration: eutrapelia
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-trap-el-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: ready wit, coarse jesting
Meaning: ready wit, coarse jesting
εὐτραπελία, 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).
Word Summary
eutrapelia: ready wit, coarse jesting
Original Word: εὐτραπελίαTransliteration: eutrapelia
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-trap-el-ee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: ready wit, coarse jesting
Meaning: ready wit, coarse jesting
Strong's 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
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).