Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
to babble
Usage: βατταλογέω, -ῶ (Rec. βαττολ-, D, βλαττ- = βατταρίζω, prob. onomatop.; see MM, see word; DCG, ii, 499b, 790a); to stammer, repeat idly: Mat.6:7 (Cremer, 765).† (AS)
Battologeo means “use vain repetitions” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H945 — bul in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G945 βαττολογέω (battologeo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. battologeo (bat-tol-og-eh'-o) v. 1. to stutter 2. (by implication) to talk repetitiously and tediously It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include use. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
battologeo (bat-tol-og-eh'-o) v. 1. to stutter 2. (by implication) to talk repetitiously and tediously [from Battos "a proverbial stammerer" and G3056] KJV: use vain repetitions Root(s): G3056
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to babble
Usage: βατταλογέω, -ῶ (Rec. βαττολ-, D, βλαττ- = βατταρίζω, prob. onomatop.; see MM, see word; DCG, ii, 499b, 790a); to stammer, repeat idly: Mat.6:7 (Cremer, 765).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render battologeo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's G945.
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G945, grouped by book.
Battologeo (Strong's G945) is a Greek word most simply glossed "use vain repetitions". battologeo (bat-tol-og-eh'-o) v. 1. to stutter 2. (by implication) to talk repetitiously and tediously
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's G945 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G945 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
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