ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΙΑΣ, ἀδολεσχιας
ADOLESCHIAS, adoleschias
Sounds Like: ah-doh-LES-khee-as
Translations: of idle talk, of babbling, of garrulity
From the root: ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of engaging in excessive and often meaningless talk, or babbling. It describes a tendency towards garrulity or loquacity, often implying a lack of substance in the conversation. It is typically used to describe someone who talks too much, especially about trivial matters.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
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, 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.
- ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΙΑ — idle talk, babbling, chattering, garrulity, a babbling, an idle talk
- ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΙΑΝ — babbling, idle talk, empty talk, loquacity
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