Bible dictionaries
Nurture
What Bible dictionaries say about “Nurture”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Nurture - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
NUR'TURE, n.
1. That which nourishes; food; diet.
2. That which promotes growth; education; instruction. Eph 6.
NUR'TURE, v.t.
1. To feed; to nourish.
2. To educate; to bring or train up.
He was nurtured where he was born.
NUSANCE. [See Nuisance.]
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
nur'-tur: The word occurs in the King James Version in Eph 6:4 as the translation of paideia, but the Revised Version (British and American) changes to "chastening," and uses "nurture" (verb) for the King James Version "bring up" (ektrepho) in the first part of the verse. Paideia has the idea of training and correction; in the Revised Version (British and American) 2 Esdras 8:12 for Latin erudio; and compare the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 3:11; Sirach 18:13 (paideuo), etc.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915