Strong's Lexicon
G2337
G2337 — θηλάζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2337 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θηλάζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from thele (the nipple) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | thelazo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | thay-lad'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to suckle, (by implication) to suck |
| KJV Renderings: | (give) suck(-ling) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θηλάζω; 1 aorist ἐθήλασα; (θηλή a breast (cf. Peile, Etym., p. 124f));
1. transitive, to give the breast, give suck, to suckle: Mat 24:19; Mar 13:17; Luk 21:23 (Lysias, Aristotle, others; the Sept. for äÅéðÄé÷); μαστοί ἐθήλασαν, Luk 23:29 R G.
2. intransitive, to suck: Mat 21:16 (Aristotle, Plato, Lucian, others; the Sept. for ιΘπΗχ); μαστούς, Luk 11:27; Job 3:12; Son 8:1; Joe 2:16; Theocritus, 3:16.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θηλάζω ((give) suck(-ling))
Matthew 21:16
- KJV: And said unto him Hearest thou what these say And Jesus saith unto them Yea have ye never read Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise
- GK: και είπον αυτώ ακούεις τι ούτοι λέγουσιν ο δε Ιησούς λέγει αυτοίς ναι ουδέποτε ανέγνωτε οτι εκ στόματος νηπίων και θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αίνον
Matthew 24:19
- KJV: And woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days
- GK: ουαί δε ταις εν γαστρί εχούσαις και ταις θηλαζούσαις εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις
Mark 13:17
- KJV: But woe to them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days
- GK: ουαί δε ταις εν γαστρί εχούσαις και ταις θηλαζούσαις εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις
Luke 11:27
- KJV: And it came to pass as he spake these things a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice and said unto him Blessed the womb that bare thee and the paps which thou hast sucked
- GK: εγένετο δε εν τω λέγειν αυτόν ταύτα επάρασά τις γυνή φωνήν εκ του όχλου είπεν αυτώ μακαρία η κοιλία η βαστάσασά σε και μαστοί ους εθήλασας
Luke 21:23
- KJV: But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days for there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people
- GK: ουαί δε ταις εν γαστρί εχούσαις και ταις θηλαζούσαις εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις έσται γαρ ανάγκη μεγάλη επί της γης και οργή εν τω λαώ τούτω
Luke 23:29
- KJV: For behold the days are coming in the which they shall say Blessed the barren and the wombs that never bare and the paps which never gave suck
- GK: ότι ιδού έρχονται ημέραι εν αις ερούσι μακάριαι αι στείραι και κοιλίαι αι ουκ εγέννησαν και μαστοί οι ουκ εθήλασαν