Bible Dictionary
JANGLING
Jangling means vain, empty, or conceited talk. In 1 Timothy it describes speech that turns people aside from sound teaching and opposes what God has revealed.
Definition
Jangling means vain discourse, babbling, or empty talk. It may describe proud and self-conceited speech directed against what God has revealed and against God Himself.
Biblical Usage
The King James Version uses “vain jangling” in 1 Timothy. The American Standard Revised Version renders the expression “vain talking.”
Historical Background
The word is not used in the American Standard Revised Version. Its underlying sense is vain discourse or babbling.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>jan'-gling (mataiologia, "vain discourse" "babbling"): This word is not found in the American Standard Revised Version; once only in the King James Version (1Ti 1:6). The American Standard Revised Version has "vain talking," instead of "vain jangling," and evidently means proud, self-conceited talking against what God has revealed and against God Himself.</p>