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Repetitions (1 Occurrence)

Matthew 6:7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Thesaurus
Repetitions (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia REPETITIONS. rep ... Burton Scott Easton.
Multi-Version Concordance Repetitions (1 Occurrence). Matthew ...
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Repetition (2 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for
they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. ...
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Leviticus (1 Occurrence)
... among different authors. (a) Alleged Repetitions: We find in the parts belonging
to Pa number of so-called repetitions. In Leviticus ...
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Vain (141 Occurrences)
... Vain (141 Occurrences). Matthew 6:7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the
Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. ...
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Needless (3 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:7 "And when praying, do not use needless repetitions as the Gentiles do,
for they expect to be listened to because of their multitude of words. (WEY). ...
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Listened (120 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:7 "And when praying, do not use needless repetitions as the Gentiles do,
for they expect to be listened to because of their multitude of words. (WEY). ...
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Fold (23 Occurrences)
... 7. (v.) Times or repetitions; -- used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to
denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling ...
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Rephael (1 Occurrence)

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Empty (84 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Matthew 6:7 In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for
they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. (See RSV). ...
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Expect (20 Occurrences)
... Matthew 6:7 "And when praying, do not use needless repetitions as the Gentiles do,
for they expect to be listened to because of their multitude of words. (WEY). ...
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Greek
945. battalogeo -- to stammer
... use vain repetitions. From Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and logos; to stutter,
ie (by implication) to prate tediously -- use vain repetitions. ...
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ATS Bible Dictionary
Repetitions

In prayers, which our Saviour censures, Matthew 6:7, were short forms or particular expressions in prayer, which the Jews were accustomed to repeat a certain number of times. So Roman-catholics still repeat the Lord's prayer, Ave Marias, etc., a great number of times; and think that the oftener a prayer is repeated, the more meritorious and efficacious it is. The repeated cry of a soul in earnest is indeed welcome to God, Genesis 18:1-33; Matthew 26:44; Luke 18:1; but he regards the heart and not the lips; and the greater the number of prayers one repeats as a task by which to acquire merit, the greater his sin.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
REPETITIONS

rep-e-tish'-unz: In Matthew 6:7 only, "Use not vain repetitions," for battalogeo (so Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus), a word found nowhere else and spelled variously in the manuscripts, battologeo in Codices K, L, M; etc., batologeo in Codices F G, blattologeo in Codex Bezae (probably influenced by the Latin blatero, "talk idly"); presumably connected with battarizo, "stammer," and perhaps formed under the influence of the Aramaic beta', "speak carelessly," or baTel, "useless." Whether, however battalogeo means the constant repetition of the same phrase or the mechanical recitation of a long series of obscure or meaningless formulas (if, indeed, a distinction between the acts was thought of) cannot be determined. Either practice is abundantly evidenced as a "heathen" custom of the day, and either can be classed as "much speaking."

See PRAYER.

Burton Scott Easton

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