Strong G4304προμελετάω
to premeditate
- Transliteration
- promeletaō
- Pronunciation
- prom-el-et-ah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
to practise beforehand : with infinitive, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
In the Bible
Strong G4304 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- meditate1
First verses
- Luke 21:14Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προμελετάω,
practise beforehand, ἃ δεῖλέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 117; τὴν μέθοδον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 218d)]: with infinitive, π. ἐλαύνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.20: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1177, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.47.3.)]
2 acquire a habit of, with infinitive, [Refs (Diocl.fragment 27:)] —passive, τὸ μὴ -ηθέν that to which one is not accustomed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.26.)]
II in Medicine texts, to be threatening, of disease [Refs (compare (μελετάω 11.6))], in middle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “fragment” 61(2).)]
practise beforehand, ἃ δεῖλέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 117; τὴν μέθοδον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 218d)]: with infinitive, π. ἐλαύνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.20: _absolutely_, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1177, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.47.3.)]
2 acquire a habit of, with infinitive, [Refs (Diocl.fragment 27:)] —passive, τὸ μὴ -ηθέν that to which one is not accustomed, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.26.)]
II in Medicine texts, to be threatening, of disease [Refs (compare (μελετάω 11.6))], in middle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “fragment” 61(2).)]