Vincent Word Studies - Matthew 6:7 - 6:7

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Vincent Word Studies - Matthew 6:7 - 6:7


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Use vain repetitions (βατταλογήσητε)

A word formed in imitation of the sound, battalogein: properly, to stammer; then to babble or prate, to repeat the same formula many times, as the worshippers of Baal and of Diana of Ephesus (1Ki 18:26; Act 19:34) and the Romanists with their paternosters and aves.