ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΟΥΣΑ, ἀδολεσχουσα
ADOLESCHOUSA, adoleschousa
Sounds Like: ah-doh-LES-khoo-sah
Translations: prating, chattering, babbling, talking idly, talking foolishly, talking much
From the root: ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word describes someone who engages in idle, foolish, or excessive talk. It implies a tendency to prattle or babble without much substance. It is used to describe a person, often a woman in this form, who is talking in this manner.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G0098 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:2
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
- ἈΔΟΛΕΣΧΗΣΑΙ — to converse, to meditate, to muse, to chat, to prate
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