ἀνατρέφω
anatrephō · bring up, raise
Greek word · Strong’s number G397 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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anatrephō (ἀνατρέφω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “bring up, raise”.
A child; nurture, educate.
How to say it
a·na·tre·phō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To care for a child until grown and train him.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 7:20
At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. He was brought up three months in his father’s house.
- Acts 7:21
And when he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and brought him up as her own son.
- Acts 22:3
“I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, just as all of you are today.