Strong G1625ἐκτρέφω
to nourish/rear
- Transliteration
- ektrephō
- Pronunciation
- ek-tref'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐκ-τρέφω
[in LXX for גָּדַל, etc.;]
1. prop., of children, to nurture, bring up: Eph.6:4.
2. to nourish: Eph.5:29.†
(AS)
[in LXX for גָּדַל, etc.;]
1. prop., of children, to nurture, bring up: Eph.6:4.
2. to nourish: Eph.5:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1625 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bring1
- nourisheth1
- up1
First verses
- Ephesians 5:29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
- Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκτρέφω,
bring up from childhood, rear up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 750, etc.; ἐξέφυσε κἀξέθρεψέ με 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 827)]; ἐκτεθραμμένοι σκύμνοι λεόντων true-bred.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1222)]; of plants, τὸ ἐκτρέφον τὴν ῥίζαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193; ἐκτρέφει ἡ γῆ τὸ σπέρμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.10; ποταμοῦ πνεῦμα τραχύτερον ἐκθρέψαντος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.357d)]:—middle, rear up for oneself, τινά [Refs (“hymnus ad Cererem” 166)]; ἤνεγκα κἀξέσωσα κἀξεθρεψάμην, says the παιδαγωγός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 13, compare “fragment” 387, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929a)]:—passive, εἴ σοί τις υἱός ἐστιν ἐκτεθραμμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 796; ἐγένου τε καὶ ἐξετράφης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 50e, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.8.)]
II middle, of pregnant animals, nourish, [ζῷα] μεγάλα ἐντὸς ἐκθρέψωνται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91d)]:—active, bring to birth, τὰ κυήματα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 773a34.)]
bring up from childhood, rear up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 750, etc.; ἐξέφυσε κἀξέθρεψέ με 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 827)]; ἐκτεθραμμένοι σκύμνοι λεόντων true-bred.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1222)]; of plants, τὸ ἐκτρέφον τὴν ῥίζαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.193; ἐκτρέφει ἡ γῆ τὸ σπέρμα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 17.10; ποταμοῦ πνεῦμα τραχύτερον ἐκθρέψαντος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.357d)]:—middle, rear up for oneself, τινά [Refs (“hymnus ad Cererem” 166)]; ἤνεγκα κἀξέσωσα κἀξεθρεψάμην, says the παιδαγωγός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 13, compare “fragment” 387, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929a)]:—passive, εἴ σοί τις υἱός ἐστιν ἐκτεθραμμένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 796; ἐγένου τε καὶ ἐξετράφης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 50e, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.8.)]
II middle, of pregnant animals, nourish, [ζῷα] μεγάλα ἐντὸς ἐκθρέψωνται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91d)]:—active, bring to birth, τὰ κυήματα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 773a34.)]