Strong G4980σχολάζω
be devoted/empty
- Transliteration
- scholazō
- Pronunciation
- skhol-ad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G4981; to take a holiday that is be at leisure for (by implication devote oneself wholly to); figuratively to be vacant (of a house): - empty give self.
Detailed definition
σχολάζω
(σχολή), [in LXX: Exo.5:8, 17, Psa.46:10 (רָפָה ni., hi.) *;]
to be at leisure, hence, to have time or opportunity for, to devote oneself to, be occupied in: 1Co.7:5; of things, to be unoccupied, empty (Plut., Eur., al.): οἶκος, Mat.12:44, Luk.11:25 (T [WH], R, om.).†
(AS)
(σχολή), [in LXX: Exo.5:8, 17, Psa.46:10 (רָפָה ni., hi.) *;]
to be at leisure, hence, to have time or opportunity for, to devote oneself to, be occupied in: 1Co.7:5; of things, to be unoccupied, empty (Plut., Eur., al.): οἶκος, Mat.12:44, Luk.11:25 (T [WH], R, om.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4980 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- empty1
- give1
First verses
- Matthew 12:44Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
σχολ-άζω,
Boeotian dialect σχολ-άδδω [Refs (“IG” 7.2849.6 (from Haliartus))]:— to have leisure or spare time, to be at leisure, have nothing to do, σὺ δ᾽ ἢν σχολάσῃς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 412, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4, etc.)]; διὰ τὸ μὴ σχολάζειν ὑπὸ πολέμων because they have no leisure left by the wars, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 694e; ἀσχολούμεθα ἵνα σχολάζωμεν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1177b5)]; σ. καλῶς spend one's leisure well, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1337b31; σ. ἐλευθερίως καὶ σωφρόνως [prev. work] 1326b31)]: with infinitive, have leisure or time to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.9, 8.1.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 763d, etc.)]
2 loiter, linger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 207, 883, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 730, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.35.)]
II σ. ἀπό τινος have rest or respite from a thing, cease from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.52)]; ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρώμνου were set free from the operations at K., [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “HG” 7.4.28; also σ. ἔργων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 28.)]
III with dative, have leisure, time, or opportunity for a thing, devote one's time to a thing, πάντα τὸν βίον ἐσχόλακεν [ἐν] τούτῳ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.4)]; σ. φιλοσοφίᾳ, μουσικῇ, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Macr.” 4, “VH” 2.15; μόνῃ σ. ὑγιείᾳ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.168)]; τῇ γῇ, i.e. agriculture, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 4284.15 (3rd c.AD))]; so πρὸς ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.6.6; πρὸς τοῖς ἰδίοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1308b36; ἐπί τινος [prev. author] “PA” 682a34; περὶ λόγους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 22; πρὸς ἐννοίᾳ.. πρὸς αὑτόν [prev. author] “Num.” 14.)]
III.2 with dative person, devote oneself to.. , τοῖς φίλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.39; ἑαυτοῖς 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.810)]; ὁ στρατηγὸς.. τοῖς διαφέρουσιν ἐσχόλασεν Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 41 i8 (3rd c.AD))]; especially of students, study, attend lectures, ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳ [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.88 M.)]; σ. τινί devote oneself to a master, attend his lectures, σ. Καρνεάδῃ, Ἰσοκράτει,[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] p.89 M., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.844b; τοῖς φιλοσόφοις “IG” 22.1028.34 (2nd-1st c.BC))]; μετ᾽ Ἐπικούρου [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 24J.; παρά τισι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.34.)]
III.3 absolutely, devote oneself to learning: hence, give lectures [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (σχολή 11), 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1 “Praef.”; σ. Ἀθήνησιν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.95 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; ἐν Λυκείῳ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Amm.” 1.5, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 5:c._accusative_ _neuter_, ἅπερ ἐσχολάσαμεν 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1013.18)]; τὰ περὶ τοῦ τέλους σχολασθέντα lectures upon.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 11.167)]; of a gladiator, to be master of a school (ludus), εἰς Ἔφεσον [Refs (“Rev.Arch.” 30 (1929).24 (from Gortyn).)]
IV of a place, to be vacant, unoccupied, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 12, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 316c)]: with dative, to be reserved for, τὸ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ κορυφῆς μέχρι σελήνης θεοῖς καὶ ἄστροις.. σχολάζει [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.68.)]
Boeotian dialect σχολ-άδδω [Refs (“IG” 7.2849.6 (from Haliartus))]:— to have leisure or spare time, to be at leisure, have nothing to do, σὺ δ᾽ ἢν σχολάσῃς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 412, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4, etc.)]; διὰ τὸ μὴ σχολάζειν ὑπὸ πολέμων because they have no leisure left by the wars, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 694e; ἀσχολούμεθα ἵνα σχολάζωμεν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1177b5)]; σ. καλῶς spend one's leisure well, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1337b31; σ. ἐλευθερίως καὶ σωφρόνως [prev. work] 1326b31)]: with infinitive, have leisure or time to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.9, 8.1.18, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 763d, etc.)]
2 loiter, linger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 207, 883, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 730, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.35.)]
II σ. ἀπό τινος have rest or respite from a thing, cease from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.52)]; ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρώμνου were set free from the operations at K., [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “HG” 7.4.28; also σ. ἔργων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 28.)]
III with dative, have leisure, time, or opportunity for a thing, devote one's time to a thing, πάντα τὸν βίον ἐσχόλακεν [ἐν] τούτῳ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.4)]; σ. φιλοσοφίᾳ, μουσικῇ, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Macr.” 4, “VH” 2.15; μόνῃ σ. ὑγιείᾳ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.168)]; τῇ γῇ, i.e. agriculture, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 4284.15 (3rd c.AD))]; so πρὸς ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.6.6; πρὸς τοῖς ἰδίοις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1308b36; ἐπί τινος [prev. author] “PA” 682a34; περὶ λόγους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Brutus” 22; πρὸς ἐννοίᾳ.. πρὸς αὑτόν [prev. author] “Num.” 14.)]
III.2 with dative person, devote oneself to.. , τοῖς φίλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.39; ἑαυτοῖς 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.810)]; ὁ στρατηγὸς.. τοῖς διαφέρουσιν ἐσχόλασεν Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 41 i8 (3rd c.AD))]; especially of students, study, attend lectures, ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳ [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.88 M.)]; σ. τινί devote oneself to a master, attend his lectures, σ. Καρνεάδῃ, Ἰσοκράτει,[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] p.89 M., 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.844b; τοῖς φιλοσόφοις “IG” 22.1028.34 (2nd-1st c.BC))]; μετ᾽ Ἐπικούρου [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Phylarchus Historicus 24J.; παρά τισι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.34.)]
III.3 absolutely, devote oneself to learning: hence, give lectures [Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare (σχολή 11), 3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1 “Praef.”; σ. Ἀθήνησιν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.95 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; ἐν Λυκείῳ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Amm.” 1.5, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 5:c._accusative_ _neuter_, ἅπερ ἐσχολάσαμεν 2nd c.BC: Demetrius Lacon Philosophus “Herc.” 1013.18)]; τὰ περὶ τοῦ τέλους σχολασθέντα lectures upon.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 11.167)]; of a gladiator, to be master of a school (ludus), εἰς Ἔφεσον [Refs (“Rev.Arch.” 30 (1929).24 (from Gortyn).)]
IV of a place, to be vacant, unoccupied, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “C. Gracchus” 12, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 316c)]: with dative, to be reserved for, τὸ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ κορυφῆς μέχρι σελήνης θεοῖς καὶ ἄστροις.. σχολάζει [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.68.)]