What does βαττολογέω (battologéō) mean in the Bible?
βαττολογέω (battologéō): Idle repetition of empty words in prayer, contrasted with meaningless stammering or babbling.
Greek · G945
βαττολογέω
βαττολογέω (battologéō): Idle repetition of empty words in prayer, contrasted with meaningless stammering or babbling.
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βαττολογέωG945
Pronunciationbattologéō
What does βαττολογέω (battologéō) mean in the Bible?
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How does the BSB render G945?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include do not babble on (1).
Where does βαττολογέω (battologéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 6:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itdo not babble on1×Matthew 6:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 6:7
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Matthew1
Source forms
βατταλογήσητε1xbattalogēsēteMatthew 6:7
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 2nd Person Plural1xMatthew 6:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Idle repetition of empty words in prayer, contrasted with meaningless stammering or babbling.
Source Gloss
to babble
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Idle repetition of empty words in prayer, contrasted with meaningless stammering or babbling.
to stammer, repeat idly: Mat.6:7 (Cremer, 765).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 6:7Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Active Subjunctive
βαττολογήσητε,battologhshte
I chatter, utter empty words
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1
Voice
active1
Mood
subjunctive1
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
βαττολογέω is built from this root: