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Matthew 6

Matt. 6:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
when ye pray
proseuchomai (Greek #4336)
to pray to God, i.e. supplicate, worship
KJV usage: pray (X earnestly, for), make prayer.
Pronounce: pros-yoo'-khom-ahee
Origin: from 4314 and 2172
, use
battologeo (Greek #945)
to stutter, i.e. (by implication) to prate tediously
KJV usage: use vain repetitions.
Pronounce: bat-tol-og-eh'-o
Origin: from Βάττος (a proverbial stammerer) and 3056
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
vain repetitions
battologeo (Greek #945)
to stutter, i.e. (by implication) to prate tediously
KJV usage: use vain repetitions.
Pronounce: bat-tol-og-eh'-o
Origin: from Βάττος (a proverbial stammerer) and 3056
q, as
hosper (Greek #5618)
just as, i.e. exactly like
KJV usage: (even, like) as.
Pronounce: hoce'-per
Origin: from 5613 and 4007
the heathen
ethnikos (Greek #1482)
national ("ethnic"), i.e. (specially) a Gentile
KJV usage: heathen (man).
Pronounce: eth-nee-kos'
Origin: from 1484
do: for
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
they think
dokeo (Greek #1380)
to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly)
KJV usage: be accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of reputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.
Pronounce: dok-eh'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb, δόκω (dok'-o) (used only in an alternate in certain tenses; compare the base of 1166) of the same meaning
that
hoti (Greek #3754)
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
KJV usage: as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Pronounce: hot'-ee
Origin: neuter of 3748 as conjunction
they shall be heard
eisakouo (Greek #1522)
to listen to
KJV usage: hear.
Pronounce: ice-ak-oo'-o
Origin: from 1519 and 191
for
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
r their
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
much speaking
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
polulogia (Greek #4180)
loquacity, i.e. prolixity
KJV usage: much speaking.
Pronounce: pol-oo-log-ee'-ah
Origin: from a compound of 4183 and 3056
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Eccl. 5:2•  (Eccl. 5:2)
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1 Kings 18:26•  (1 Kings 18:26)
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1 Kings 18:26‑29•  (1 Kings 18:26‑29)
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Eccl. 5:2‑3,7•  (Eccl. 5:2‑3,7)
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Acts 19:34• 34But when they came to know he was a Jew, one shout arose from all, crying for about two hours, Great [is] Artemis of [the] Ephesians. (Acts 19:34)
repetitions.
Matt. 26:39,42,44• 39{i}And going forward a little he fell upon his face, praying and saying, My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me; but not as I will, but as thou [wilt].{/i}
 42{i}Again going away a second time he prayed saying, My Father, if this cannot pass [from me] unless I drink it, thy will be done.{/i}
 44{i}And leaving them, he went away again and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.{/i} (Matt. 26:39,42,44)
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1 Kings 8:26‑54•  (1 Kings 8:26‑54)
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Dan. 9:18‑19•  (Dan. 9:18‑19)
the heathen.
Matt. 6:32• 32For all these things the Gentiles seek after; for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. (Matt. 6:32)
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Matt. 18:17• 17{i}But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer.{/i} (Matt. 18:17)
• Yet it is plain that the Lord does not anticipate the use of this prayer, save in the closet and for the condition in which the disciples were. We have no hint that it was employed formally after the day of Pentecost. There were other wants and desires, other expressions of affection toward God, brought out then, into which the Holy Ghost would lead those who were passed out of the condition of nonage by having received Him into their hearts, whereby they could cry, "Abba, Father." (“Remarks on Matthew 6” by W. Kelly)
• Now it is plain that our Lord does not forbid repetition, but vain repetition. We find our Lord Himself, when He was in an agony in the garden, repeating three times the same words. (“Remarks on Matthew 6” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as those who are of the nations: for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

W. Kelly Translation

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But when ye pray, use not vain repetitionsa as those of the nations; for they think they shall be heard through their much speaking.

WK Translation Notes

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Here our Lord reprehends a more prevalent snare. "When praying use not vain repetitions, as the Gentiles." Though the words occur nowhere else in the New Testament, the context supports the text.