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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 - This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 - my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2 - Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the LORD's commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28 - Then I will tell others about your justice, and praise you all day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30 - The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:6 - whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24 - All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 77:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:5 - I thought about the days of old, about ancient times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:12 - I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9 - Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16 - I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - I will find delight in your commands, which I love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:70

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70 - Their hearts are calloused, but I find delight in your law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - Support me, so that I will be delivered. Then I will focus on your statutes continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148 - My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours, so that I can meditate on your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 143:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:5 - I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:2 - When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28 - The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - So Moab wails over its demise - they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, "Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - We have rebelled and tried to deceive the LORD; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.
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