To babble
βαττολογέωStrong’s G0945battologeō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Battologeō is the Greek word usually translated “may use vain repetitions”. It appears in 1 verse of the 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “may use vain repetitions”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- may use vain repetitions 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
βαττολογέω battologeō · to babble
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “babble” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BAB'BLE, verb intransitive
- To utter words imperfectly or indistinctly, as children.
- To talk idly or irrationally; to talk thoughtlessly.
- To talk much; to prate; hence to tell secrets.
- To utter sounds frequently, incessantly, or indistinctly; as a babbling echo; a babbling stream.
All definitions and other forms of “babble”
BAB'BLE, verb transitive
To prate; to utter.
BAB'BLE, noun
Idle talk; senseless prattle.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.