Strong G397ἀνατρέφω
to bring up
- Transliteration
- anatrephō
- Pronunciation
- an-at-ref'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀνα-τρέφω
[in LXX: Wis.7:4 B, 4Ma.10:2 4Mac 11:15 א*;]
to nurse up, nourish, educate, bring up: Luk.4:16, WΗ, mg., Act.7:20-21 22:3.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Wis.7:4 B, 4Ma.10:2 4Mac 11:15 א*;]
to nurse up, nourish, educate, bring up: Luk.4:16, WΗ, mg., Act.7:20-21 22:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G397 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- nourish2
- bring1
- take1
First verses
- Acts 7:20In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
- Acts 7:21And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
- Acts 22:3I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνατρέφω,
bring up, cherish, educate, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 523, NT.Luke.4.16, +others)]; ἀ. τὸ φρόνημα raise the spirit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.34:)] —middle, ἀναθρέψασθαι υἱόν have him educated, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.2.1; ἀ. λειμὼν κάλλεα 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.58)]:— passive, grow up, ἀνατραφῆναι ἐν..[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 34, etc.; τῇ Ἑλλάδι φωνῇ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 11.25)]; ἀνέτραφες in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.156 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus) ={ἀνετράφης}.)]
2 feed up, opposed to ἰσχναίνω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 33, 50: _metaphorically_, ἀ. μονῳδίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 944)]:—passive, ἀνατρέφεσθαι ἐκ νόσου convalesce, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 14)]; of fish after milting, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 608a2.)]
bring up, cherish, educate, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 523, NT.Luke.4.16, +others)]; ἀ. τὸ φρόνημα raise the spirit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.34:)] —middle, ἀναθρέψασθαι υἱόν have him educated, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.2.1; ἀ. λειμὼν κάλλεα 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 74.58)]:— passive, grow up, ἀνατραφῆναι ἐν..[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 34, etc.; τῇ Ἑλλάδι φωνῇ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 11.25)]; ἀνέτραφες in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.156 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus) ={ἀνετράφης}.)]
2 feed up, opposed to ἰσχναίνω, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 33, 50: _metaphorically_, ἀ. μονῳδίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 944)]:—passive, ἀνατρέφεσθαι ἐκ νόσου convalesce, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 14)]; of fish after milting, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 608a2.)]