μελετάω

meletaō

to meditate/plot

Strong’s G3191Verb2 times in the New Testament (critical text)

did devise1

do ponder1

In the text

Acts 4:25ἐμελέτησαν
You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
1 Timothy 4:15μελέτα
Be diligent in these matters and absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

μελετάω, -ῶ
(μελέτη, care), [in LXX chiefly for הָגָה m ;]

1. with genitive, to care for (Hes.).

2. C. accusative to attend to, practise: 1Ti.4:15 (RV, be diligent in; cf. Souter in Exp., VIII, vi, 429, but see infr.).

3. to study, ponder: Act.4:25 (LXX) 1Ti.4:15 (AV, meditate on; cf. CGT, in l, but see supr.; cf. προ-μελετάω).†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.