Babble
ματαιολογίαStrong’s G3150mataiologia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Mataiologia is the Greek word usually translated “meaningless discourse”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;”
Meaning
Usually translated “meaningless discourse”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- meaningless discourse 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ματαιολογία mataiologia · babble
ματαιολογία, -ας, ἡ (ματαιολόγος), idle or foolish talk: 1Ti.1:6.† (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.