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μελετάω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
μελετάω
Greek transliteration: 
meletaō
Simplified transliteration: 
meletao
Principal Parts: 
-, ἐμελέτησα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3191
GK Number: 
3509
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(1a)
Gloss: 
to plot, think about, meditate on; to give oneself wholly to, practice, cultivate
Definition: 
to care for; to bestow careful thought upon, to give painful attention to, be earnest in, 1 Tim. 4:15; to devise, Acts 4:25*

Greek-English Concordance for μελετάω

Acts 4:25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, by the Holy Spirit did say, ‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples devise (emeletēsan | ἐμελέτησαν | aor act ind 3 pl) vain schemes?
1 Timothy 4:15 Continually (meleta | μελέτα | pres act imperative 2 sg) practice (meleta | μελέτα | pres act imperative 2 sg) these things, immerse yourself in them, so that your progress might be visible to all.