ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΙΑ, ἀδολεσχια
ADOLESCHIA, adoleschia
Sounds Like: ah-doh-LES-khee-ah
Translations: idle talk, babbling, chattering, garrulity, a babbling, an idle talk
From the root: ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to excessive, often idle, foolish, or unprofitable talk. It describes the act of speaking at length without much purpose or substance, often implying a tedious or annoying quality. It can be used in contexts where someone is talking too much or engaging in empty chatter.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0008 (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, ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΙΑ.
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.
- ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΙΑΝ — babbling, idle talk, empty talk, loquacity
- ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΙΑΣ — of idle talk, of babbling, of garrulity
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