Dote
Dote
dot: To dote means either to be weakminded or to be foolishly fond. In the latter sense it is employed in Eze 23:5; in the former, in Jer 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 1Ti 6:4 (the Revised Version, margin to be sick; the King James Version margina fool).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Dote
signifies “to be ill, to be ailing,” whether in body or mind; hence, “to be taken with such a morbid interest in a thing as is tantamount to a disease, to dote,” 1Ti 6:4 (marg., “sick”). The primary meaning of “dote” is to be foolish (cp. Jer 50:36, the evident meaning of noseo, in this respect, is “to be unsound.”