Strong G3191μελετάω
to meditate/plot
- Transliteration
- meletaō
- Pronunciation
- mel-et-ah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a presumed derivative of G3199; to take care of that is (by implication) revolve in the mind: - imagine (pre-) meditate.
Detailed definition
μελετάω, -ῶ
(μελέτη, care), [in LXX chiefly for הָגָה m;]
1. with genitive, to care for (Hes.).
2. C. accusative to attend to, practise: 1Ti.4:15 (RV, be diligent in; cf. Souter in Exp., VIII, vi, 429, but see infr.).
3. to study, ponder: Act.4:25 (LXX) 1Ti.4:15 (AV, meditate on; cf. CGT, in l, but see supr.; cf. προ-μελετάω).†
(AS)
(μελέτη, care), [in LXX chiefly for הָגָה m;]
1. with genitive, to care for (Hes.).
2. C. accusative to attend to, practise: 1Ti.4:15 (RV, be diligent in; cf. Souter in Exp., VIII, vi, 429, but see infr.).
3. to study, ponder: Act.4:25 (LXX) 1Ti.4:15 (AV, meditate on; cf. CGT, in l, but see supr.; cf. προ-μελετάω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3191 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- imagine1
- meditate1
- premeditate1
First verses
- Mark 13:11But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
- Acts 4:25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
- 1 Timothy 4:15Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μελετ-άω,
future -ήσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80, etc., -ήσομαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.24.2:—post- 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] Verb, take thought or care for, with genitive, βίου, ἔργου, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 316, 443: with _accusative_ _of things_, δόξαν ἀρετῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.11)]; of a physician, treat a case, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 27, etc.:)] —passive [Refs (, of the patient, [prev. work] 26, etc.)]
2 attend to, study, οὐ δύναμαι ἀκοῦσαι, τοῦτο μελετῶν (i.e. τὸ ἀκοῦσαι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.115; πλήθους δόξας μεμελετηκώς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260c.)]
II pursue, exercise, [μαντείην] [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 557)]; μ. τοῦτο (i.e. ἡμεροδρόμην εἶναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.105)]: frequently in Attic dialect, μ. σοφίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 511)]; τέχνας, ῥητορικήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 511b, 511c, 448d)]; practise, ἤθη, γαστριμαργίας, ὕβρεις, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 81e; ὄρχησιν [prev. author] “Lg.” 813e)]; [νόμους] [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 892 (Lyric poetry); ἀστοῖς ἴσα χρὴ μελετᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 171 (_anapaest meter_); τὴν τῶν πολεμικῶν ἄσκησιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1333b39: generally, μ. ἄδικα LXX.Job.27.4; ταῦτα μελέτα NT.1Tim.4.15)]; especially practise speaking, con over a speech in one's mind, λογάρια δύστηνα μελετήσας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.255; ἀπολογίαν [prev. author] 46.1)]; also, deliver, declaim[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ((compare 11.5 b), λόγους 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.54:)] —passive, τὸ ναυτικὸν οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἐκ παρέργου μελετᾶσθαι naval warfare cannot be practised 'en amateur', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142)]; εὐταξία μετὰ κινδύνων μελετωμένη discipline put in practice on the battle-field, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.72, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 455c.)]
II.2 with infinitive, μετρίως ἀλγεῖν μελετᾷ σοφία practises moderation in grief, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 46; λαλεῖν μεμελετήκασί που 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 119; also μ. τοξεύειν καὶ ἀκοντίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.12, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.3; μ. ποιεῖν καὶ λέγειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.9)]; μ. ἀποθνῄσκειν, τεθνάναι, practise dying, death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67e, 81a, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 470.)]
II.3 less frequently with participle, μ. κυβερνῶντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.20)]; with ὡς and participle, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 5.5.47.)]
II.4 with preposition, μ. ἔν τινι [LXX (LXX.Josh.1.8, +others)]
II.5 absolutely, study, train oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 164, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.16; ἦν τὸ ἱππικὸν μεμελετηκός [prev. work] 6.4.10)]: with dative modi, τόξῳ μ. καὶ ἀκοντίῳ [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.1.21)]; ἐν τῷ μὴ μελετῶντι by want of practice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142.)]
II.5.b especially practise oratory, declaim, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228b)]; ἐπὶ τῶν καιρῶν μ. extemporize a speech, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.43; Ἑλληνιστὶ μ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 4, compare 2.131a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.24.2, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.145)]; of actors, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 904b3.)]
II.6 in Medicine texts, of disease, threaten, μ. τὴν τοῦ καρκινώματος γένεσιν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Leonidas Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.43: _absolutely_, ἢν κρύβδην μελετήσῃ.. ἡ νοῦσος 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.12)]:—passive, ἀπειλᾷ καὶ μελετᾶται μανία [Refs 4th c.BC+ (7th c.AD: Stephanus Medicus “in Hp.” 1.99 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, compare 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.63.)]
II.7 with accusative person, exercise, train persons, ἐμελέτησεν [αὐτοὺς] ὡς εἶεν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.42)]: with infinitive, οὓς ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους μελετᾷ Φείδων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.7:)] —passive, μελετώμενοι ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν τὴν πτῆσιν, of eaglets, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.7.)]
III Grammars, to be accustomed, with infinitive, μεμελέτηκε τὸ τ ¯ εἰς θ ¯ τρέπεσθαι [Refs 9th c.AD+ (“Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 1.66; τὰ μὴ μελετήσανταπάσχεινσυναίρεσιν 9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 145.25.)]
III.b in Medicine texts, acquire a habit, μελετησάντων ἐκπίπτειν βραχιόνων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.782)]:— passive, become chronic, μελετηθὲν τὸ πάθος [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.67.)]
future -ήσω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80, etc., -ήσομαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.24.2:—post- 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] Verb, take thought or care for, with genitive, βίου, ἔργου, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 316, 443: with _accusative_ _of things_, δόξαν ἀρετῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.11)]; of a physician, treat a case, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 27, etc.:)] —passive [Refs (, of the patient, [prev. work] 26, etc.)]
2 attend to, study, οὐ δύναμαι ἀκοῦσαι, τοῦτο μελετῶν (i.e. τὸ ἀκοῦσαι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.115; πλήθους δόξας μεμελετηκώς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 260c.)]
II pursue, exercise, [μαντείην] [Refs (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 557)]; μ. τοῦτο (i.e. ἡμεροδρόμην εἶναι) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.105)]: frequently in Attic dialect, μ. σοφίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 511)]; τέχνας, ῥητορικήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 511b, 511c, 448d)]; practise, ἤθη, γαστριμαργίας, ὕβρεις, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 81e; ὄρχησιν [prev. author] “Lg.” 813e)]; [νόμους] [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 892 (Lyric poetry); ἀστοῖς ἴσα χρὴ μελετᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 171 (_anapaest meter_); τὴν τῶν πολεμικῶν ἄσκησιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1333b39: generally, μ. ἄδικα LXX.Job.27.4; ταῦτα μελέτα NT.1Tim.4.15)]; especially practise speaking, con over a speech in one's mind, λογάρια δύστηνα μελετήσας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.255; ἀπολογίαν [prev. author] 46.1)]; also, deliver, declaim[Refs 2nd c.AD+ ((compare 11.5 b), λόγους 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.54:)] —passive, τὸ ναυτικὸν οὐκ ἐνδέχεται ἐκ παρέργου μελετᾶσθαι naval warfare cannot be practised 'en amateur', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142)]; εὐταξία μετὰ κινδύνων μελετωμένη discipline put in practice on the battle-field, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 6.72, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 455c.)]
II.2 with infinitive, μετρίως ἀλγεῖν μελετᾷ σοφία practises moderation in grief, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 46; λαλεῖν μεμελετήκασί που 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 119; also μ. τοξεύειν καὶ ἀκοντίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.12, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.2.3; μ. ποιεῖν καὶ λέγειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 10.9)]; μ. ἀποθνῄσκειν, τεθνάναι, practise dying, death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 67e, 81a, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 470.)]
II.3 less frequently with participle, μ. κυβερνῶντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.20)]; with ὡς and participle, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 5.5.47.)]
II.4 with preposition, μ. ἔν τινι [LXX (LXX.Josh.1.8, +others)]
II.5 absolutely, study, train oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 164, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.16; ἦν τὸ ἱππικὸν μεμελετηκός [prev. work] 6.4.10)]: with dative modi, τόξῳ μ. καὶ ἀκοντίῳ [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyr.” 2.1.21)]; ἐν τῷ μὴ μελετῶντι by want of practice, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142.)]
II.5.b especially practise oratory, declaim, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 228b)]; ἐπὶ τῶν καιρῶν μ. extemporize a speech, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 61.43; Ἑλληνιστὶ μ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 4, compare 2.131a, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.24.2, “Anthologia Graeca” 11.145)]; of actors, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 904b3.)]
II.6 in Medicine texts, of disease, threaten, μ. τὴν τοῦ καρκινώματος γένεσιν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Leonidas Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.43: _absolutely_, ἢν κρύβδην μελετήσῃ.. ἡ νοῦσος 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν” 2.12)]:—passive, ἀπειλᾷ καὶ μελετᾶται μανία [Refs 4th c.BC+ (7th c.AD: Stephanus Medicus “in Hp.” 1.99 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, compare 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.63.)]
II.7 with accusative person, exercise, train persons, ἐμελέτησεν [αὐτοὺς] ὡς εἶεν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.42)]: with infinitive, οὓς ἀναβαίνειν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους μελετᾷ Φείδων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.7:)] —passive, μελετώμενοι ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν τὴν πτῆσιν, of eaglets, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 1.7.)]
III Grammars, to be accustomed, with infinitive, μεμελέτηκε τὸ τ ¯ εἰς θ ¯ τρέπεσθαι [Refs 9th c.AD+ (“Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 1.66; τὰ μὴ μελετήσανταπάσχεινσυναίρεσιν 9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 145.25.)]
III.b in Medicine texts, acquire a habit, μελετησάντων ἐκπίπτειν βραχιόνων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.782)]:— passive, become chronic, μελετηθὲν τὸ πάθος [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 16.67.)]