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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 Box Jos 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 - My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 - But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28 - And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30 - The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:6 - When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:5 - I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:12 - I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9 - For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16 - I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:70

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70 - Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:117

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:148

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148 - Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:5 - I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:2 - When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28 - The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
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