θηλάζω
thēlazō · nurse
Greek word · Strong’s number G2337 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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thēlazō (θηλάζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “nurse”.
A baby; suck.
How to say it
thē·la·zō
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
- Feed at the breast.
- Feed at the mother's breast.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- are nursing ×3
- nursing babies ×1
- you nursed at ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 21:16
and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus says to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”
- Matthew 24:19
And woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days!
- Mark 13:17
But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days!
- Luke 11:27
Now it happened, as he was saying these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Happy is the womb that carried you, and the breasts that you nursed at!”
- Luke 21:23
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.