Phluaros describes women whose house-to-house conduct is associated with saying what they ought not.

The attested use describes women whose house-to-house idleness is linked with speech that they ought not to say.

1. Speaking what ought not be said · dominant

   In 1 Timothy 5:13, the nominative plural feminine form occurs in a description of women going from house to house; the APB renders the surrounding clause, "they are not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they ought not."

   1 Timothy 5:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Timothy 5:13, the APB presents the clause with "gossips and busybodies" and "saying what they ought not." The precise division between those English terms is not certain.