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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - “This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may [fn]be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way successful, and then you will [fn]be prosperous.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 -

“Is there unrighteousness on my tongue?

Cannot my palate discern [fn]destruction?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 -

My lips certainly will not speak unrighteousness,

Nor will my tongue utter deceit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 -

But his delight is in the law of [fn]Yahweh,

And in His law he meditates day and night.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 -

Why do the [fn]nations rage

And the peoples meditate on a vain thing?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28 -

And my tongue shall utter Your righteousness

And Your praise all day long.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30 -

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The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,

And his tongue speaks justice.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 -

Those who search for my life lay snares for me;

And those who seek [fn]to do me evil have [fn]threatened destruction,

And they meditate on deception all day long.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:6 -

When I remember You on my bed,

I meditate on You in the night watches,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 -

My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long;

For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek [fn]to do me evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:5 -

I give thought to the days of old,

The years of long ago.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:12 -

I will meditate on all Your work

And muse on Your deeds.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9 -

For all our days have declined in Your fury;

We have finished our years like a [fn]sigh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16 -

I shall [fn]delight in Your statutes;

I shall not forget Your word.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 -

I shall [fn]delight in Your commandments,

Which I love.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70 -

Their heart is [fn]covered with fat,

But I delight in Your law.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 -

Uphold me that I may be saved,

That I may have regard for Your statutes continually.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148 -

My eyes [fn]eagerly greet the night watches,

That I may muse on Your [fn]word.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:5 -

I remember the days of old;

I meditate on all You have done;

I muse on the work of Your hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 -

“For my mouth will utter truth;

And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:2 -

When arrogance comes, then comes disgrace,

But with the meek is wisdom.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28 -

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer,

But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil things.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 -

Cease listening, my son, to discipline,

And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 -

For their heart meditates on destruction,

And their lips talk of mischief.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 -

Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail.

You will moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth

As those who are utterly stricken.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 -

You contended with them [fn]by driving them away, by making them forlorn.

With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 -

Your heart will meditate on terror:

“Where is he who counts?

Where is he who weighs?

Where is he who counts the towers?”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 -

“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirped;

I moan like a dove;

My eyes look wistfully to the heights;

O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 -

For your hands are defiled with blood

And your fingers with iniquity;

Your lips have spoken a lie;

Your tongue mutters unrighteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 -

Transgressing and denying Yahweh,

And turning back from our God,

Speaking oppression and revolt,

Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words.

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