945 - battalogeó

Strong's Concordance

Original word: βαττολογέω
Transliteration: battalogeó
Definition (short): stammered
Definition (full): to stammer

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from battos (stammerer) and logos
Definition: to stammer
NASB Translation: use meaningless repetition (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and logos; to stutter, i.e. (by implication) to prate tediously -- use vain repetitions.

see GREEK logos

KJV: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
NASB: "And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.