Scholazo means “empty” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4980 — mattanah in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4980 σχολάζω (scholazo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. scholazo (skhol-ad'-zo) v. 1. to take a holiday, i.e. be at leisure for 2. (by implication) devote oneself wholly to It has 5 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include house and give. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
scholazo (skhol-ad'-zo) v. 1. to take a holiday, i.e. be at leisure for 2. (by implication) devote oneself wholly to 3. (figuratively) to be vacant (of a house) [from G4981] KJV: empty, give self Root(s): G4981
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4980. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be devoted/empty
Usage: σχολάζω (σχολή), [in LXX: Exo.5:8, 17, Psa.46:10 (רָפָה ni., hi.) * ;] to be at leisure, hence, to have time or opportunity for, to devote oneself to, be occupied in: 1Co.7:5; of things, to be unoccupied, empty (Plut., Eur., al.): οἶκος, Mat.12:44, Luk.11:25 (T [WH], R, om.).† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render scholazo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G4980 (σχολάζω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And thou shalt impose on them daily the rate of brickmaking which they perform: thou shalt not abate anything, for they are idle; therefore have they cried, saying, Let us arise and do sacrifice to our God.
And he said to them, Ye are idle, ye are idlers: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to our God.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4980.
And thou shalt impose on them daily the rate of brickmaking which they perform: thou shalt not abate anything, for they are idle; therefore have they cried, saying, Let us arise and do sacrifice to our God.
And he said to them, Ye are idle, ye are idlers: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to our God.
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.
Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4980, grouped by book.
Scholazo (Strong's G4980) is a Greek word most simply glossed "empty". scholazo (skhol-ad'-zo) v. 1. to take a holiday, i.e. be at leisure for 2. (by implication) devote oneself wholly to
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's G4980 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4980 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as house and give. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G4980, with linked reader references where each row is available.