Quick Definition
σχολάζω v. I have leisure, stand empty
Strong's Definition
from 4981; to take a holiday, i.e. be at leisure for (by implication, devote oneself wholly to); figuratively, to be vacant (of a house)
KJV Usage: empty, give self
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | σχολή
67.81 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
to give time to, to devote oneself to to engage actively and earnestly in some activity over a period of time
59.43 · Quantity · Full, Empty
to be empty, to be vacant to be empty, with special reference to a dwelling
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σχολάζω ; 1 aor. ΒΕ] πο. σχολάσω, 1 Co. vii. 5G LT Dr Wis; (σχολή, ἃ: νι}; 1. to cease from labor; to loiter. 2. to be free from labor, to be at leisure, to be idle ; τινί, to have leisure for a thing, i.e. to give one’s self to a thing: ἵνα σχολάσητε (Rec. σχολάζητε) τῇ προσεὐχῇ, 1 Co. vii. 5 (for exx. fr. prof. auth. see Passow s.v.; [L. and 5. s. v. III.]). 3. of things; e. g. of places, to be unoccupied, empty: οἶκος σχολάζων, Mt. xii. 44; [Lk. xi. 25 WH br. Tr mrg. br.], (τόπος, Plut. Gai. Grac. 12; of a centurion’s vacant office, Eus. ἢ. 6. 7, 15; in eccl. writ. of vacant eccl. offices, [also of officers without charge; cf. Soph. Lex. s. v.]).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σχολάζω scholazō 2x
to be unemployed, to be at leisure; to be at leisure for a thing, to devote one’s self entirely to a thing, 1 Cor. 7:5; to be unoccupied, empty, Mt. 12:44*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σχολάζω
(< σχολή), [in LXX: Ex 5:8, 17, Ps 45 (46):10 (רפה ni., hi.) * ;]
to be at leisure, hence, to have time or opportunity for, to devote oneself to, be occupied in: I Co 7:5; of things, to be unoccupied, empty (Plut., Eur., al.): οἶκος, Mt 12:44, Lk 11:25 (T [WH], R, om.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σχολάζω, “have leisure’’: cf. P Hib I. 55° (s.c. 250) o]¥ yap σχολάζω μένειν πλείονα χρί[όνον, ‘‘ for I have no leisure to remain longer’’ (Edd.), PSI V. 5307 (iii/B.c.) καλῶς δ᾽ ἂν ποήσαις ὑποζύγιον δοὺς ἐὰν ἣι σχολάζον, BGU I. 9319 (i/ili A.D.) ἐὰν... δύνατόν σοι ἢ, μετ᾽ αὐτῆς κατέλθῃς πρὸς ἐμέ, ἐὰν δὲ μὴ σχολάζῃς, διαπέμψεις αὐτὴν διὰ τῆς (4 ἐσχόλαζον) ἀπελθεῖν πρὸς αὐτὴν καὶ μέμφομαί σε πολλά, and P Oxy VII. 1070% (iii/A.p.) ἐν τῷ παρόντι οὐ σχολάζομεν ἑτέροις ἐξερχόμενοι, ‘Sat present we are not at leisure and are visiting others’’ (Ed.). For the derived meaning ‘‘ have leisure for,’’ and hence “devote myself to,’’ as in 1 Cor 75, cf. P Lond V. 183614 (iv/A.D.), where the writer asks that Sarapion should be freed from his present duties, and so τοῖς ἡμῶν [πρ]άγμασι σχολάζειν, “be at leisure for our affairs,” and an unpublished Bremen papyrus of Roman times (cited by GH ad P Oxy VII, 1065) ἴσθι δὲ ὅτι οὐ μέλλω θεῷ σχολάζειν, εἰ μὴ πρότερον ἀπαρτίσω τὸν υἱόν pov: cf. Preisigke 428.415 (A.D. 207) πρὸς τὸ ἐκ τῆς σῆς βοηθείας ἐκδικηθέντες δυνηθῶμεν (::) τῇ γῇ σχολάζειν, P Par 691-8 (day-book of a strategus—A.D. 232) (= Chrest. I. p. 61) τοῖ[ς διαφ]έρουσι ἐσχόλασεν, P Cornell 523 (late iii/a.p.) ἐν τῇ χθὲς ἦλθον εἰς τὴν Τακόνα καὶ ἐσχόλασα τῇ καταστάσει τῶν ἄλλων λιτουργιῶν, ‘yesterday I came to Tacona and engaged in the induction of the other liturgical officials’’ (Edd.), also OGIS 5698 (iv/a.D.) διατετάχθαι δὲ τ]ῇ τῶν ὁμογενῶν ὑμῶν θεῶν θρησκείᾳ σχολάϊίζειν ἐμμενῶς ὑπὲρ] τῆς αἰωνίου
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σχολάζω (scholazō) — be devoted/empty. σχολ-άζω, Boeotian dialect σχολ-άδδω [Refs]:— to have leisure or spare time, to be at leisure, have nothing to do, σὺ δ᾽ ἢν σχολάσῃς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τὸ μὴ σχολάζειν ὑπὸ πολέμων because they have no leisure left by the wars, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. καλῶς spend one's leisure well, [Refs]: with infinitive, have leisure or time to do a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. loiter, linger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. σ. ἀπό τινος have rest or respite from a thing, cease from doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τοῦ Κρώμνου were set free from the operations at K., [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. with dative, have leisure, time, or opportunity for a thing, devote one's time to a thing, πάντα τὸν βίον ἐσχόλακεν [ἐν] τούτῳ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σ. φιλοσοφίᾳ, μουσικῇ, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τῇ γῇ, i.e. agriculture, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; so πρὸς ταῦτα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. with dative person, devote oneself to.. , τοῖς φίλοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ στρατηγὸς.. τοῖς διαφέρουσιν ἐσχόλασεν Wilcken [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially of students, study, attend lectures, ἐπὶ Παλλαδίῳ [Refs 1st c.BC+]; σ. τινί devote oneself to a master, attend his lectures, σ. Καρνεάδῃ, Ἰσοκράτει,[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μετ᾽ Ἐπικούρου [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III.3. absolutely, devote oneself to learning: hence, give lectures [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ περὶ τοῦ τέλους σχολασθέντα lectures upon.., [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a gladiator, to be master of a school (ludus), εἰς Ἔφεσον [Refs]
IV. of a place, to be vacant, unoccupied, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: with dative, to be reserved for, τὸ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ κορυφῆς μέχρι σελήνης θεοῖς καὶ ἄστροις.. σχολάζει [Refs 2nd c.AD+]