International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
DOTEdot: "To dote" means either "to be weakminded" or "to be foolishly fond." In the latter sense it is employed in Ezekiel 23:5; in the former, in Jeremiah 50:36 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "shall become fools"); the King James Version Sirach 25:2 (the Revised Version (British and American) "lacking understanding"), and the King James Version 1 Timothy 6:4 (the Revised Version, margin "to be sick"; the King James Version margin"a fool").
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A marriage portion. [Obs.] See 1st Dot, n.
2. (n.) Natural endowments.
3. (v. i.) To act foolishly.
4. (v. i.) To be weak-minded, silly, or idiotic; to have the intellect impaired, especially by age, so that the mind wanders or wavers; to drivel.
5. (v. i.) To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child.
6. (n.) An imbecile; a dotard.
Strong's Hebrew
2973. yaal -- to be foolish... dote, be become, do foolishly. A primitive root; properly, to be slack, ie
(figuratively) to be foolish --
dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly). << 2972, 2973.
... /hebrew/2973.htm - 6k 5689. agab -- to have inordinate affection, lust
... dote, lover. A primitive root; to breathe after, ie To love (sensually) --
dote, lover. << 5688, 5689. agab. 5690 >>. Strong's Numbers.
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