◄ 945. battalogeó ►
Strong's Concordance battalogeó: to stammer Original Word: βαττολογέω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: battalogeó Phonetic Spelling: (bat-tol-og-eh'-o) Short Definition: I chatter, utter empty words Definition: I chatter, am long-winded, utter empty words, stammer, repeat. HELPS Word-studies 945 battologéō – properly, to blubber nonsensical repetitions; to chatter (be "long-winded"), using empty (vain) words (Souter). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 945: βαττολογέω βαττολογέω (T WH βατταλογέω (with א B, see WH's Appendix, p. 152)), βαττολόγω: 1 aorist subjunctive βαττολογήσω; a. to stammer, and, since stammerers are accustomed to repeat the same sounds, b. to repeat the same things over and over, to use many and idle words, to babble, prate; so Matthew 6:7, where it is explained by ἐν τῇ πολυλογία, (Vulg.multum loqui; (A. V. to use vain repetitions)); cf. Tholuck at the passage Some suppose the word to be derived from Battus, a king of Cyrene, who is said to have stuttered (Herodotus 4, 155); others from Battus, an author of tedious and wordy poems; but comparing βατταρίζειν, which has the same meaning, and βάρβαρος (which see), it seems fax more probable that the word is onomatopoetic. (Simplicius, in Epictetus (ench. 30 at the end), p. 340, Schweigh edition.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance use vain repetitions. From Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and logos; to stutter, i.e. (by implication) to prate tediously -- use vain repetitions. see GREEK logos Forms and Transliterations βατταλογησητε βατταλογήσητε βαττολογήσητε βδέλλη battalogesete battalogēsēte battalogḗsete battalogḗsēte Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 945 1 Occurrence βατταλογήσητε — 1 Occ. Matthew 6:7 V-ASA-2P GRK: δὲ μὴ βατταλογήσητε ὥσπερ οἱ NAS: And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles KJV: not vain repetitions, as INT: moreover not do use vain repetitions as the 1 Occurrence