Strong's Lexicon
G2282 — θάλπω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2282 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θάλπω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | probably akin to thallo "to warm" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | thalpo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | thal'-po |
| Meaning: | 1. to brood 2. (figuratively) to foster |
| KJV Renderings: | cherish |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θάλπω;
1. properly, to warm, keep warm (Latinfoveo): Homer and following
2. like the Latinfoveo, equivalent to to cherish with tender love, to foster with tender care: Eph 5:29; 1Th 2:7; ((Theocritus, 14, 38): Alciphron 2, 4; Antoninus 5, 1).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θάλπω (cherish)
Ephesians 5:29
- KJV: For no man ever yet hated his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it even as the Lord the church
- GK: ουδείς γαρ ποτε την εαυτού σάρκα εμίσησεν αλλ΄ εκτρέφει και θάλπει αυτήν καθώς και ο κύριος την εκκλησίαν
1 Thessalonians 2:7
- KJV: But we were gentle among you even as a nurse cherisheth her children
- GK: αλλ΄ εγενήθημεν ήπιοι εν μέσω υμών ως αν τροφός θάλπη τα εαυτής τέκνα
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