ἀδολεσχέω
muse, talk idly
Where this word appears
Every passage where ἀδολεσχέω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 10 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 24:63 ἀδολεσχέω And Isaac went forth into the plain toward evening to meditate; and having lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming.
- Psalms 68:13 ἀδολεσχέω But I will cry to you, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.
- Psalms 76:4 ἀδολεσχέω All my enemies set a watch against me: I was troubled, and spoke not.
- Psalms 76:7 ἀδολεσχέω Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be well pleased no more?
- Psalms 76:13 ἀδολεσχέω O God, your way is in the sanctuary; who is a great God as our God?
- Psalms 118:15 ἀδολεσχέω I will meditate on your commandments, and consider your ways.
- Psalms 118:23 ἀδολεσχέω For princes sat and spoke against me: but your servant was meditating on your ordinances.
- Psalms 118:27 ἀδολεσχέω Instruct me in the way of your ordinances; and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
- Psalms 118:48 ἀδολεσχέω And I lifted up my hands to your commandments which I loved; and I meditated in your ordinances.
- Psalms 118:78 ἀδολεσχέω Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in your commandments.
About this word
About this word
ἀδολεσχέω (adoleschéō), “muse, talk idly,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 10 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →