Babbling
AKA
βαττολογέω – battologeō – bat-tol-og-eh’-o – From Βάττος Battos (a proverbial stammerer) and G3056
Definition
to stutter, that is, (by implication) to prate tediously: – use vain repetitions. (Strong)
1) to stammer 2) to repeat the same things over and over, to use many idle words, to babble, prate. Some suppose the word derived from Battus, a king of Cyrene, who is said to have stuttered; others from Battus, an author of tedious and wordy poems. (Thayer)
A word formed in imitation of the sound, battalogein: properly, to stammer; then to babble or prate, to repeat the same formula many times, as the worshippers of Baal and of Diana of Ephesus (1Ki_18:26; Act_19:34) and the Romanists with their paternosters and aves. (Vincents Word Studies)
“The Pagans thought that by endless repetitions and many words they would inform their gods as to their needs and weary them (‘fatigare deos’) into granting their requests” (Bruce).