verb
battalogamō
Strong’sG945
I chatter, utter empty words
stem battalog-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† βατταλογέω, -ῶ (Rec. βαττολ-, D, βλαττ- = βατταρίζω, prob. onomatop.; v. MM, s.v.; DCG, ii, 499b, 790a);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G945 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbat-tol-og-eh'-o
to stutter, i.e. (by implication) to prate tediously
Fromfrom Βάττος (a proverbial stammerer) and G3056;
King Jamesuse vain repetitions.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
={βατταρίζω}, speak stammeringly, say the same thing over and over again, NT+6th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| battalogaveiaβατταλογήσητε | happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural | heap up empty phrases | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | battalogamō | battalogame | battalogami | battalogama | battalogamē | battalogamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | battalogasō | battalogase | battalogasi | battalogasa | battalogasē | battalogaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | battalogatō | battalogate | battalogati | battalogata | battalogatē | battalogatelē |
| we 1st person plural | battaloganō | battalogane | battalogani | battalogana | battaloganē | battaloganelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | battalogavō | battalogave | battalogavi | battalogava | battalogavē | battalogavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | battalogalō | battalogale | battalogali | battalogala | battalogalē | battalogalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | battalogameiō | battalogameia | battalogameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | battalogaseiō | battalogaseia | battalogaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | battalogateiō | battalogateia | battalogateiē |
| we 1st person plural | battaloganeiō | battaloganeia | battaloganeiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | battalogaveiō | battalogaveia1×βατταλογήσητε | battalogaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | battalogaleiō | battalogaleia | battalogaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | battalogasōr | battalogasar | battalogasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | battalogatōr | battalogatar | battalogatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | battalogavōr | battalogavar | battalogavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | battalogalōr | battalogalar | battalogalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | battalogamoiō | battalogamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | battalogasoiō | battalogasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | battalogatoiō | battalogatoia |
| we 1st person plural | battaloganoiō | battaloganoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | battalogavoiō | battalogavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | battalogaloiō | battalogaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | battalogarō | battalogari | battalogara | battalogarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | battalogarōntos | battalogarintos | battalogarantos | battalogarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
battalog is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
battalogaveia“heap up empty phrases”happened · yeaorist active subjunctive 2nd person plural1×
Matthew 6:7“heap up empty phrases”Proseuchorōntois de mē battalogaveia hōsper tois ethnikois, dokalō gar hoti …And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their …