βατταλογέω
Transliteration
battalogeō (Key)
Pronunciation
bat-tol-og-eh'-o
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and λόγος (G3056)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
βαττολογήσητε — 1x
βατταλογήσητε — 1x
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:597,103

Strong’s Definitions

βαττολογέω battologéō, bat-tol-og-eh'-o; from Βάττος Báttos (a proverbial stammerer) and G3056; to stutter, i.e. (by implication) to prate tediously:—use vain repetitions.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G945 in the following manner: use vain repetitions (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G945 in the following manner: use vain repetitions (1x).

  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.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βαττολογέω battologéō, bat-tol-og-eh'-o; from Βάττος Báttos (a proverbial stammerer) and G3056; to stutter, i.e. (by implication) to prate tediously:—use vain repetitions.
STRONGS G945:
βαττολογέω [T WH βατταλ. (with א B, see WH's Appendix, p. 152)], -ῶ: 1 aorist subjunctive βαττολογήσω;
a. to stammer, and, since stammerers are accustomed to repeat the same sounds,
b. to repeat the same things over and over, to use many and idle words, to babble, prate; so Matthew 6:7, where it is explained by ἐν τῇ πολυλογίᾳ, (Vulg. multum loqui; [A. V. to use vain repetitions]); cf. Tholuck at the passage. Some suppose the word to be derived from Battus, a king of Cyrene, who is said to have stuttered (Herodotus 4, 155); others from Battus, an author of tedious and wordy poems; but comparing βατταρίζειν, which has the same meaning, and βάρβαρος (which see), it seems far more probable that the word is onomatopoetic. (Simplicius, in Epictetus [ench. 30 at the end], p. 340, Schweigh edition.)
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