Dictionary entry

Dote

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

dot: "To dote" means either "to be weakminded" or "to be foolishly fond." In the latter sense it is employed inEze 23:5ff; in the former, inJer 50:36the 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 Version1Ti 6:4(the Revised Version, margin "to be sick"; the King James Version margin"a fool").