Liddell-Scott-Jones

μελέτη (meletē) meditation ^G:N-F

μελέτη-η, ἡ,

care, attention, [Refs 8th c.BC+] care for many things, [μελέτηην τινὸς ἐχέμεν, ={μελετᾶν},{ἐπιμελεῖσθαι}, [prev. work] 457 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔργων ἐκ πολλοῦ μ. long-continued attention to action, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive subjecti, care taken by one, θεῶν μελέτηῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a trainer, [μελέτηῃ κατατρύχεσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1099 (\_anapaest meter\_): \_plural\_, 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 131.2. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 in Medicine texts, treatment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II practice, exercise, ὀξεῖα μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ δι᾽ ὀλίγου μ. their short practice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόνων μ. painful exercises, of the Spartan discipline,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b in a military sense, exercise, drill, μετὰ κινδύνων τὰς μελέτηας ποιεῖσθαι to go through one's exercises in actual war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.c frequently of orators, rehearsal, declamation, ταύτης τῆς μελέτηης καὶ τῆς ἐπιμελείας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of actors, νήστεις ὄντες τὰς μ. ποιούμενοι making their rehearsals, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.d matter for discussion, μ. σοφισταῖς προσβαλεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; branch or object of study, [LXX+5th c.BC+]
__II.2 later, theme, lecture, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; declamation, μελέτηῃσί τ᾽ ἄριστον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 pursuit, μία οὐχ ἅπαντας θρέψει μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III practice, usage, ἃς οἱ πατέρες ἡμῖν παρέδοσαν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 habit, [μελέτηην ἥκῃ τοῦ κακοῦ ὥνθρωπος 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.5 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν μ. γίγνεσθαι ψόφων become accustomed to noises, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__IV threatening symptom or condition, of disease, μελέτηη καὶ προοίμιον ἐπιληψίας [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Ps.118.77*}