Meletáō — G3191

Definition

verb

to take care of, i.e. (by implication) revolve in the mind

1. ), which usage seems to have been in the writer's mind in

Usually translated as

imagine, meditate, premeditate

Origin

from a presumed derivative of G3199

• mélō (G3199)

Occurrences

Meletáō occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), Acts (1), 1 Timothy (1)

• Mark 13:11 — But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate (μελετᾶτε): but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 4:25 — Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine (ἐμελέτησαν) vain things?
• 1 Timothy 4:15 — Meditate upon (μελέτα) these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.