battologeo <945>
battologew battologeo
Pronunciation: | bat-tol-og-eh'-o |
Origin: | from Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and 3056 |
Reference: | TDNT - 1:597,103 |
PrtSpch: | v |
In Greek: | battaloghshte 1 |
In NET: | do babble repetitiously 1 |
In AV: | use vain repetitions 1 |
Count: | 1 |
Definition: | 1) to stammer 2) to repeat the same things over and over, to use many idle words, to babble, prate. Some suppose the word derived from Battus, a king of Cyrene, who is said to have stuttered; others from Battus, an author of tedious and wordy poems. from Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and 3056; to stutter, i.e. (by implication) to prate tediously:-use vain repetitions. see GREEK for 3056 |
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