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3191 – μελετάω (meletao)

premeditate


Type:
Verb
Greek: μελετάω (meletao)
Pronunciation: mel-et-ah-o
Gematria: 1181(40 + 5 + 30 + 5 + 300 + 1 + 800)    words with the same gematria
Origin: From a presumed derivative of G3199
Usage: 2 times in NA, 3 times in TR     

Description

  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.


Origin

From a presumed derivative of G3199:

μέλωmeloG3199care

Word root

Word with meletao as root:

προμελετάωpromeletaoG4304meditate before

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into meletao :

בִּיןbinH0995to understand
דָבַרdavarH1696to speak
הָגָהhagahH1898to remove
שִׂיחַsiachH7878to muse
שָׁעָהshaahH8159to gaze
שָׁעַעshaaH8173ato smear

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
VERB Verb
aorist active ind. aorist active indicative
pl. third person plural
V-AAI-3P-1
VERB Verb
pres. active imp. present active imperative
sing. second person singular
V-PAM-2S-1


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Usage in NT


1
1
Total    2

References (2 occurances in 2 verses)




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