to meditate/plot
meletao describes sustained attention to an instructed practice or the forming of empty plans.
The two attested uses show sustained attention directed either toward instructed practice or toward the formation of empty plans; the limited evidence supports these as distinct contextual uses.
Senses in use
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Attend steadily to instructed practice · dominant
In 1 Timothy 4:15, the present active singular form addresses one person concerning “these things,” alongside being absorbed in them and making progress evident. The APB renders the surrounding instruction, “Practice these things; be absorbed in them.”
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Form empty plans · occasional
In Acts 4:25, the aorist active indicative plural form is used of “the peoples” in the question about their response. The APB renders the clause, “the peoples plot empty things.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the two clauses with “Practice these things” in 1 Timothy 4:15 and “the peoples plot empty things” in Acts 4:25. These renderings confirm the clauses’ contexts rather than isolate a precise English equivalent in every detail.