Original: βαττολογέω

Transliteration: battologéō

Phonetic: bat-tol-og-eh'-o

Short Definition: Use vain repetitions

- Original: βαττολογέω

- Transliteration: Battologeo

- Phonetic: bat-tol-og-eh'-o

- Definition:

1. to stammer

2. to repeat the same things over and over, to use many idle words, to babble, prate. Some suppose the word derived from Battus, a king of Cyrene, who is said to have stuttered; others from Battus, an author of tedious and wordy poems.

- Origin: from Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and G3056

- TDNT entry: 10:57,1

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From Βάττος Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and G3056; to stutter that is (by implication) to prate tediously: - use vain repetitions.