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Lexicon :: Strong's G3191 - meletaō

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 -
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness,
Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:2

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But his delight is in the law of Jehovah;
And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:28 -
And my tongue shall talk of thy righteousness
And of thy praise all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:30 -
The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom,
And his tongue speaketh justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12

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They also that seek after my life lay snares for me;
And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,
And meditate deceits all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:6

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When I remember thee upon my bed,
And meditate on thee in the night-watches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:24

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My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long;
For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, that seek my hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 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 BoxPsa 77:12

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I will meditate also upon all thy work,
And muse on thy doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:9

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For all our days are passed away in thy wrath:
We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:16

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I will delight myself in thy statutes:
I will not forget thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47

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And I will delight myself in thy commandments,
Which I have loved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70

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Their heart is as fat as grease;
But I delight in thy law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:117

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Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe,
And shall have respect unto thy statutes continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:148

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Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches,
That I might meditate on thy word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:5

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I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all thy doings;
I muse on the work of thy hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:7

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For my mouth shall utter truth;
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:2

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When pride cometh, then cometh shame;
But with the lowly is wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28

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The heart of the righteous studieth to answer;
But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:27

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Cease, my son, to hear instruction
Only to err from the words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2

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For their heart studieth oppression,
And their lips talk of mischief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:7 - Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail: for the raisin-cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, utterly stricken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:18 - Thy heart shall muse on the terror: Where is he that counted, where is he that weighed the tribute? where is he that counted the towers?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 -
Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter;
I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward:
O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 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 muttereth wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:13 - transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
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