Word study · Greek

meletáō

be diligent

Say it: mel-et-AH-o (approximate)

μελετάω

What it means

To practice, to think over, to be diligent in. In 4:15, "be diligent in these things." In Acts 4:25, "why do the peoples plot vain things?" (a different sense).

Range of meaning

  • PracticeWork at.
  • MeditateThink over.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 4

    "Be diligent in these things" (4:15).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3191 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources