Lexicon
μωρολογία
mōrologia
G3473
G:N-F Greek

foolish talk

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Morologia denotes speech excluded as out of place alongside filthiness and crude joking.

Its sole attested use names speech that is to be excluded as out of place, listed with filthiness and crude joking in Ephesians 5:4.

Senses in use

  1. Speech treated as out of place · dominant

    In Ephesians 5:4, the nominative singular feminine form occurs in a prohibition alongside filthiness and crude joking; the APB renders the clause, “Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ephesians 5:4, the APB includes “foolish talk” in a list of things that are “out of place.” This rendering confirms the clause's overall presentation rather than isolating every nuance of the term.

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