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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - εὐτραπελία
εὐτραπελία
G2160
Transliteration: eutrapelía
Pronunciation: yoo-trap-el-ee'-ah
Definition: jesting
- Original: εὐτραπελία - Transliteration: Eutrapelia - Phonetic: yoo-trap-el-ee'-ah
- Definition:
1. pleasantry, humour, facetiousness
2. in a bad sense
a. scurrility, ribaldry, low jesting
- Origin: from a compound of G2095" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2095 and a derivative of the base of G5157" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5157 (meaning well-turned, i.e. ready at repartee, jocose) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From a compound of G2095" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2095 and a derivative of the base of G5157" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5157 (meaning well turned that is ready at repartee jocose); witticism that is (in a vulgar sense) ribaldry: - jesting.