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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 from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my taste discern the unsavory?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 - My lips will 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 he meditates day and night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why do the nations rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28 - And my tongue shall speak of Your righteousness
And of Your 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 speaks wisdom,
And his tongue talks of justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 63:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:6 - When I remember You on my bed,
I meditate on You 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 Your righteousness all the day long;
For they are confounded,
For they are brought to shame
Who 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 also meditate on all Your work,
And talk of Your deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9 - For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;
We finish our years like a sigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 - And I will delight myself in Your commandments,
Which I love.

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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 Your law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:117

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117 - Hold me up, and I shall be safe,
And I shall observe Your statutes continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:148

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148 - My eyes are awake through the night watches,
That I may meditate on Your 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 Your works;
I muse on the work of Your hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7 - For my mouth will speak truth;
Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:2 - When pride comes, then comes shame;
But with the humble is wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28 - The heart of the righteous studies how to answer,
But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27 - Cease listening to instruction, my son,
And 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 heart devises violence,
And their lips talk of troublemaking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab;
Everyone shall wail.
For the foundations of Kir Hareseth you shall mourn;
Surely they are stricken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - In measure, by sending it away,
You contended with it.
He removes it by 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 - Your heart will meditate on terror:
“Where is the scribe?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered;
I mourned like a dove;
My eyes fail from looking upward.
O LORD,[fn] 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 has muttered perversity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:13

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