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ΒΑΤΤΑΛΟΓΕΩ, βατταλογεω

BATTALOGEŌ, battalogeō

Sounds Like: bat-tah-loh-GEH-oh

Translations: to babble, to use vain repetitions, to repeat idly, to speak foolishly

From the root: ΒΑΤΤΑΛΟΓΕΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This verb describes the act of speaking in a repetitive, meaningless, or foolish manner. It implies a lack of substance or sincerity in one's words, often associated with excessive or redundant speech. It is a compound word, likely from ΒΑΤΤΟΣ (Battos, a stammerer or a person who repeats words) and ΛΟΓΟΣ (logos, word/speech).

Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, 1st Person Singular (I babble) or Present, Active, Infinitive (to babble)

Strong’s number: G0945 (Lookup on BibleHub)


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From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΑΤΤΑΛΟΓΕΩ.

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.

  • ΒΑΤΤΑΛΟΓΗΣΗΤΑΙ — he may babble, he may use vain repetitions, he may say the same thing over and over, he may stammer, he may speak foolishly
  • ΒΑΤΤΑΛΟΓΗΣΗΤΕ — babble, use vain repetitions, repeat meaninglessly, say the same thing over and over

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