ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΕΙ, ἀδολεσχει
ADOLESCHEI, adoleschei
Sounds Like: ah-doh-LES-khei
Translations: to babble, to chatter, to prate, to talk idly, to talk foolishly, to talk much, to be verbose
From the root: ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of talking idly, foolishly, or excessively. It implies a lack of purpose or substance in one's speech, often to the point of being tiresome or annoying. It can be used to advise against speaking too much or without proper thought.
Inflection: Present, Active, Imperative, Second Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G0009 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΗΣΑΙ — to converse, to meditate, to muse, to chat, to prate
- ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΟΥΣΑ — prating, chattering, babbling, talking idly, talking foolishly, talking much
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