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Lexicon :: Strong's G3191 - meletaō

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μελετάω
Transliteration
meletaō (Key)
Pronunciation
mel-et-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a presumed derivative of μέλει (G3199)
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Strong’s Definitions

μελετάω meletáō, mel-et-ah'-o; from a presumed derivative of G3199; to take care of, i.e. (by implication) revolve in the mind:—imagine, (pre-)meditate.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3191 in the following manner: premeditate (1x), imagine (1x), meditate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3191 in the following manner: premeditate (1x), imagine (1x), meditate (1x).

  1. to care for, attend to carefully, practise

  2. to meditate i.e. to devise, contrive

    1. used of the Greeks of the meditative pondering and the practice of orators and rhetoricians

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μελετάω meletáō, mel-et-ah'-o; from a presumed derivative of G3199; to take care of, i.e. (by implication) revolve in the mind:—imagine, (pre-)meditate.
STRONGS G3191:
μελετάω, μελέτω; 1 aorist ἐμελέτησα; (from μελέτη care, practice); especially frequent in Greek writings from Sophocles and Thucydides down; the Sept. chiefly for הָגָה; to care for, attend to carefully, practise: τί, 1 Timothy 4:15 (R. V. be diligent in); to meditate equivalent to to devise, contrive: Acts 4:25 from Psalm 2:1; used by the Greeks of the meditative pondering and the practice of orators and rhetoricians, as μελετᾶν τήν ἀπολογίαν ὑπέρ ἑαυτῶν, Demosthenes, p. 1129, 9 (cf. Passow, under the word, d. (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2 and III. 4 b.)), which usage seems to have been in the writer's mind in Mark 13:11 (R L brackets Compare: προμελετάω).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
2:1
Mark
13:11
Acts
4:25
1 Timothy
4:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3191 matches the Greek μελετάω (meletaō),
which occurs 31 times in 30 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - And the book of this law shall not depart out of thy mouth, and thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest know how to do all the things that are written in it; then shalt thou prosper, and make thy ways prosperous, and then shalt thou be wise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 - my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 - But his [fn]pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - [fn] Wherefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28 - (LXX 34:28) And my tongue shall meditate on thy righteousness, and on thy praise all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30 - (LXX 36:30) The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - (LXX 37:13) While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:6 - (LXX 62:7) [fn]Forasmuch as I have remembered thee on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - (LXX 70:24) Moreover also my tongue shall [fn]dwell all the day upon thy righteousness; when they shall be ashamed and confounded that seek my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:5 - (LXX 76:6) I considered the days of old, and remembered ancient years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:12 - (LXX 76:13) And I will meditate on all thy works, and will consider thy doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9 - (LXX 89:9) For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have [fn]spun out their tale as a spider.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16 - (LXX 118:16) I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - (LXX 118:47) And I [fn]meditated on thy commandments, which I loved exceedingly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70 - (LXX 118:70) Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on thy law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - (LXX 118:117) Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in thine ordinances continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148 - (LXX 118:148) Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on thine oracles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:5 - (LXX 142:5) I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all thy doings: yea, I meditated on the works of thine hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:2 - Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28 - The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Moab shall howl; for all shall howl in the land of Moab: but thou shalt care for them that dwell in Seth, and thou shalt not be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - Fighting and reproaching he will dismiss them; didst thou not meditate with a harsh spirit, to slay them with a wrathful spirit?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counsellors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with sins; your lips also have spoken iniquity, and your tongue meditates unrighteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - We have sinned, and dealt falsely, and revolted from our God: we have spoken unrighteous words, and have been disobedient; we have conceived and uttered from our heart unrighteous words.
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