Busy
Bible Usage:
- busy used once.
- Bible Reference: 1 Kings 20:40
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H6213 Used 1 time
BUSY, adjective biz'zy.
1. Employed with constant attention; engaged about something that renders interruption inconvenient; as, a man is busy in posting his books.
My mistress is busy and cannot come.
2. Actively employed; occupied without cessation; constantly in motion; as a busy bee.
3. Active in that which does not concern the person; meddling with or prying into the affairs of others; officious; importunate; hence, troublesome; vexatious.
4. Much occupied with employment; as a busy day.
BUSY, verb transitive biz'zy. To employ with constant attention; to keep engaged; to make or keep busy; as, to busy one's self with books.
To be busied with genue and species.
General references
Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 20:3; 2 Thessalonians 3:11-12; 1 Timothy 5:13; 1 Peter 4:15
Talebearer; Speaking, Evil
BUSY-BODY, noun biz'zy-body. [busy and body.]
A meddling person; one who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others.