3191 - meletaó

Strong's Concordance

Original word: μελετάω
Transliteration: meletaó
Definition (short): devise
Definition (full): to care for, practice, study

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from meleté (care)
Definition: to care for, practice, study
NASB Translation: devise (1), take pains (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From a presumed derivative of melo; to take care of, i.e. (by implication) revolve in the mind -- imagine, (pre-)meditate.

see GREEK melo

References

Strong's 3191: 2 Occurrences
KJV: Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
NASB: who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said, 'WHY DID THE GENTILES RAGE, AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE FUTILE THINGS?
KJV: Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
NASB: Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.