Strong G1051γάλα
milk
- Transliteration
- gala
- Pronunciation
- gal'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
Of uncertain affinity;
milk (figuratively): - milk.
milk (figuratively): - milk.
Detailed definition
γάλα, -ακτος, τό
[in LXX for חלב;]
milk: 1Co.9:7. Metaphorical, of elementary Christian teaching: 1Co.3:2, Heb.5:12, 13; τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γ., the rational (spiritual) genuine milk (see Hort, in l.), 1Pe.2:2 (in support of AV, milk of the word, see ICC, in l.).†
(AS)
[in LXX for חלב;]
milk: 1Co.9:7. Metaphorical, of elementary Christian teaching: 1Co.3:2, Heb.5:12, 13; τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γ., the rational (spiritual) genuine milk (see Hort, in l.), 1Pe.2:2 (in support of AV, milk of the word, see ICC, in l.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1051 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- milk5
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 3:2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
- Hebrews 5:12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
- Hebrews 5:13For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
- 1 Peter 2:2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
γάλα [??], τό,
genitive γάλακτος (also γάλακος, dative γάλακι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hecale” 1.4.4, probably in 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.18, compare “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 4.338), also τοῦ γάλα)] indeclinable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 238: _dative_ _plural_ γάλαξι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 887d. (For γλακτ-)], cf. Latin lac for glact):—milk, ἀμελγόμενοι γ. λευκόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.434, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.88, etc.)]; εὔποτον γ., εὐτραφὲς γ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 611, “Ch.” 898)]; ἐν γάλακτι ὤν, τεθραμμένη, at the breast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1266, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 81c)]; ἐν γάλαξι τρέφεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” [prev. cited] (so _metaphorically_, ἐν σπαργάνοις καὶ γάλαξιν εἶναι, of art, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 8.8); διδόναι γάλα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 7.4)]; ἐμπλῆσαι γάλακτος to fill full of milk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.3: _metaphorically_, οἶνος, Ἀφροδίτης γ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 596.)]
2 ὀρνίθων γ. (ὄρνιθος γάλα, ={ὀρνιθόγαλον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 71.5, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.144), proverbial of rare and dainty things, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 508, “Av.” 734, Mcn. 936; τὸ λεγόμενον, σπανιώτατον πάρεστιν ὀρνίθων γ. 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 9, cf. Ach. Tat. “Intr.Arat.” 4 (explained by 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 22)] as white of egg, compare [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Scholia 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 13).)]
3 ἀγαθὸν γ. a good wet-nurse, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 51)]; οὐδ᾽ εἰ γ. λαγοῦ εἶχον.. καὶ ταὧς, κατήσθιον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 123.)]
II milky sap of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.3.4, etc.)]
III the milky way, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 11, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 345a12, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 476; but ὁ τοῦ γάλακτος κύκλος 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Phaenomena” p.4M., 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 5.69.)]
genitive γάλακτος (also γάλακος, dative γάλακι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hecale” 1.4.4, probably in 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.18, compare “Anecdota Graeca - MSS. Bibl. Oxon.” 4.338), also τοῦ γάλα)] indeclinable, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 238: _dative_ _plural_ γάλαξι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 887d. (For γλακτ-)], cf. Latin lac for glact):—milk, ἀμελγόμενοι γ. λευκόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.434, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.88, etc.)]; εὔποτον γ., εὐτραφὲς γ., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 611, “Ch.” 898)]; ἐν γάλακτι ὤν, τεθραμμένη, at the breast, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1266, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 81c)]; ἐν γάλαξι τρέφεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” [prev. cited] (so _metaphorically_, ἐν σπαργάνοις καὶ γάλαξιν εἶναι, of art, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 8.8); διδόναι γάλα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 7.4)]; ἐμπλῆσαι γάλακτος to fill full of milk, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 24.3: _metaphorically_, οἶνος, Ἀφροδίτης γ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 596.)]
2 ὀρνίθων γ. (ὄρνιθος γάλα, ={ὀρνιθόγαλον}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 71.5, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.144), proverbial of rare and dainty things, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 508, “Av.” 734, Mcn. 936; τὸ λεγόμενον, σπανιώτατον πάρεστιν ὀρνίθων γ. 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 9, cf. Ach. Tat. “Intr.Arat.” 4 (explained by 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 22)] as white of egg, compare [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Scholia 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Merc.Cond.” 13).)]
3 ἀγαθὸν γ. a good wet-nurse, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 51)]; οὐδ᾽ εἰ γ. λαγοῦ εἶχον.. καὶ ταὧς, κατήσθιον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 123.)]
II milky sap of plants, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.3.4, etc.)]
III the milky way, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 11, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 345a12, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 476; but ὁ τοῦ γάλακτος κύκλος 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Phaenomena” p.4M., 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 5.69.)]