The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

μελετάω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaμελετάω
Citation formμελετάω
Part of speechverb
GlossI devise, plan
Strong’sG3191
Transliterationmeletáō
Definitionto take care of, i.e. (by implication) revolve in the mind
KJV glosses:--imagine, (pre-)meditate.
Derivationfrom a presumed derivative of
SBLGNT occurrences2

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐμελέτησαν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AAI-P--) — Acts 4:25
μελέτα
verb, second person, present, active, singular (MorphGNT 2PAD-S--) — 1 Timothy 4:15

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: μελεταω.