Strong G2282θάλπω
to care for
- Transliteration
- thalpō
- Pronunciation
- thal'-po
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Probably akin to θάλλω thallō (to warm); to brood that is (figuratively) to foster: - cherish.
Detailed definition
θάλπω
[in LXX for סָכַן, etc.;]
to heat, warm; metaphorically,
__(a) to inflame (Trag.);
__(b) to foster, cherish: Eph.5:29, 1Th.2:7.†
(AS)
[in LXX for סָכַן, etc.;]
to heat, warm; metaphorically,
__(a) to inflame (Trag.);
__(b) to foster, cherish: Eph.5:29, 1Th.2:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2282 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cherisheth2
First verses
- Ephesians 5:29For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
θάλπ-ω,
future -ψω[Refs 4th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 258, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4)]: future middle in passive sense θάλψομαι [Refs ([prev. author] 3.42)]:—heat, soften by heat, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.179, +others)]:—passive, ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὣς.. θαλφθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 864, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 697)]: metaphorically, to be softened, deceived, αἴ κε μὴ θαλφθῇ λόγοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 210.)]
II heat, warm, without any notion of softening, καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε (i.e. ἡμᾶς) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 417)]; θερμὴ ἡμᾶς ἀκτὶς θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1092)]; keep warm, χλανιδίων ἐρειπίοις θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα [Refs (“Tragica Adespota” 7: proverbial, θ. τὸν δίφρον)], of an idle life, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.37; θ. τὰς κοχώνας [prev. author] 7.48; τὴν βαίτην θάλπουσαν εὖ [prev. work] 129)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ παθῶν” 4)]; θάλπεσθαι τοῦ θέρους to be warm in summer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.11; τῷ πυρὶ θάλψομαι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.42: _metaphorically_, ἔτι ἁλίῳ θάλπεσθαι)] to be alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.14.)]
II.2 warm at the fire, dry, θάλπεται ῥάκη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 38, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 183 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 hatch, ᾠά [Refs (“Geoponica” 14.1.4)]: so absolutely, sit, [Refs ([prev. work]3)]; θ. ἐπὶ τῶν νοσσῶν, ἐπὶ τῶν ᾠῶν, [LXX (LXX.Deu.22.6.)]
III metaphorically, of passion, heat, inflame, ἣ Διὸς θάλπει κέαρ ἔρωτι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 590, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 474 (_passive_))]; ἔθαλψεν ἄτης σπασμός [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1082)]:—passive, ἱμέρου βέλει τεθάλφθαι πρός τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 650)]; θάλπῃ (2nd pers. singular) ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 888; εἴ σευ θάλπεταί τι τῶν ἔνδον 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.81.)]
III.2 comfort, ὕπνος.. θάλπει κέαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 3.11, compare “fragment” 16.2, “Comica Adespota” 5.16 D)].; cherish, foster, ἄλλον θάλπε φίλον [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.38; ὡς ἐὰν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα NT.1Thes.2.7; τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα NT.Eph.5.29; τὸ ἀσθενοῦν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4; θ. καὶ τρέφειν “PMasp.” 6 B 132 (6th c.AD))]; τὴν πόλιν θ. tend it with fostering care, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 194.5 (Egypt, 1st c.BC).)]
III.3 ἐμὲ οὐδὲν θ. ἡ δόξα I care nothing for glory, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.2; ἐμὲ οὐδὲν θ. κέρδος 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.24.)]
IV intransitive, to be full of heat, vigorous, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 879a33)]; θάλψαι τρεῖς ποίας to live three summers, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.731 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]
future -ψω[Refs 4th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 258, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4)]: future middle in passive sense θάλψομαι [Refs ([prev. author] 3.42)]:—heat, soften by heat, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.179, +others)]:—passive, ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὣς.. θαλφθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 864, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 697)]: metaphorically, to be softened, deceived, αἴ κε μὴ θαλφθῇ λόγοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 210.)]
II heat, warm, without any notion of softening, καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε (i.e. ἡμᾶς) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 417)]; θερμὴ ἡμᾶς ἀκτὶς θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1092)]; keep warm, χλανιδίων ἐρειπίοις θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα [Refs (“Tragica Adespota” 7: proverbial, θ. τὸν δίφρον)], of an idle life, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.37; θ. τὰς κοχώνας [prev. author] 7.48; τὴν βαίτην θάλπουσαν εὖ [prev. work] 129)]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ παθῶν” 4)]; θάλπεσθαι τοῦ θέρους to be warm in summer, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.1.11; τῷ πυρὶ θάλψομαι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.42: _metaphorically_, ἔτι ἁλίῳ θάλπεσθαι)] to be alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.14.)]
II.2 warm at the fire, dry, θάλπεται ῥάκη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 38, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 183 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 hatch, ᾠά [Refs (“Geoponica” 14.1.4)]: so absolutely, sit, [Refs ([prev. work]3)]; θ. ἐπὶ τῶν νοσσῶν, ἐπὶ τῶν ᾠῶν, [LXX (LXX.Deu.22.6.)]
III metaphorically, of passion, heat, inflame, ἣ Διὸς θάλπει κέαρ ἔρωτι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 590, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 474 (_passive_))]; ἔθαλψεν ἄτης σπασμός [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1082)]:—passive, ἱμέρου βέλει τεθάλφθαι πρός τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 650)]; θάλπῃ (2nd pers. singular) ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 888; εἴ σευ θάλπεταί τι τῶν ἔνδον 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 2.81.)]
III.2 comfort, ὕπνος.. θάλπει κέαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 3.11, compare “fragment” 16.2, “Comica Adespota” 5.16 D)].; cherish, foster, ἄλλον θάλπε φίλον [NT+3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.38; ὡς ἐὰν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ ἑαυτῆς τέκνα NT.1Thes.2.7; τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα NT.Eph.5.29; τὸ ἀσθενοῦν 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4; θ. καὶ τρέφειν “PMasp.” 6 B 132 (6th c.AD))]; τὴν πόλιν θ. tend it with fostering care, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 194.5 (Egypt, 1st c.BC).)]
III.3 ἐμὲ οὐδὲν θ. ἡ δόξα I care nothing for glory, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.2; ἐμὲ οὐδὲν θ. κέρδος 5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.24.)]
IV intransitive, to be full of heat, vigorous, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 879a33)]; θάλψαι τρεῖς ποίας to live three summers, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.731 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]