Strong's Lexicon

G2353

G2353 — θρέμμα

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekthremmanounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G2353
Word:θρέμμα
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G5142
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:thremma
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:threm'-mah
Meaning:1. stock (as raised on a farm)
KJV Renderings:cattle

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

θρέμμα, θρεμματος, τό (τρέφω), whatever is fed or nursed; hence:

1. a ward, nursling, child (Sophocles, Euripides, Plato, others).

2. a flock, cattle, especially sheep and goats: Joh 4:12. (Xenophon, oec. 20, 23; Plato, Diodorus, Josephus, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

θρέμμα (cattle)

John 4:12

KJV: Art thou greater than our father Jacob which gave us the well and drank thereof himself and his children and his cattle
GK: μη συ μείζων ει του πατρός ημών Ιακώβ ος έδωκεν ημίν το φρέαρ και αυτός εξ αυτού έπιε και οι υιοί αυτού και τα θρέμματα αυτού
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