ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΗΣΑΙ, ἀδολεσχησαι
ADOLESCHĒSAI, adoleschēsai
Sounds Like: ah-doh-les-KHE-sai
Translations: to converse, to meditate, to muse, to chat, to prate
From the root: ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the act of engaging in conversation, often with a sense of musing, meditating, or even prattling. It can imply a deep, thoughtful engagement with a subject, or simply idle chatter, depending on the context. It is used to describe someone spending time in thought or discussion.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0009 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 24:63
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.
- ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΕΙ — to babble, to chatter, to prate, to talk idly, to talk foolishly, to talk much, to be verbose
- ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΟΥΣΑ — prating, chattering, babbling, talking idly, talking foolishly, talking much
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