σχολάζω
scholazō
“be devoted/empty”
Definition
to take a holiday, i.e. be at leisure for (by implication, devote oneself wholly to); figuratively, to be vacant (of a house)
from G4981 (σχολή);
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word, saying, account
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Occurrences
σχολάζω appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.
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