To premeditate
προμελετάωStrong’s G4304promeletaō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Promeletaō is the Greek word usually translated “premeditate”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:”
Meaning
Usually translated “premeditate”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to premeditate 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
προμελετάω promeletaō · to premeditate
to practise beforehand : with infinitive, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “premeditate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PREMED'ITATE, verb transitive
[Latin proemeditor; proe, before, and meditor, to mediate.]
To think on and revolve in the mind beforehand; to contrive and design previously; as, to premeditate theft or robbery.
All definitions and other forms of “premeditate”
PREMED'ITATE, verb intransitive
To think, consider or revolve in the mind beforehand; to deliberate; to have formed in the mind by previous thought or meditation.
PREMED'ITATE, adjective
Contrived by previous meditation.
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.