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Lexicon :: Strong's G2337 - thēlazō

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θηλάζω
Transliteration
thēlazō (Key)
Pronunciation
thay-lad'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From thele (the nipple)
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Strong’s Definitions

θηλάζω thēlázō, thay-lad'-zo; from θηλή thēlḗ (the nipple); to suckle, (by implication) to suck:—(give) suck(-ling).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2337 in the following manner: give suck (4x), suck (1x), suckling (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2337 in the following manner: give suck (4x), suck (1x), suckling (1x).

  1. to give the breast, give suck, to suckle

  2. to suck

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θηλάζω thēlázō, thay-lad'-zo; from θηλή thēlḗ (the nipple); to suckle, (by implication) to suck:—(give) suck(-ling).
STRONGS G2337:
θηλάζω; 1 aorist ἐθήλασα; (θηλή a breast, [cf. Peile, Etym., p. 124f]);
1. transitive, to give the breast, give suck, to suckle: Matthew 24:19; Mark 13:17; Luke 21:23, (Lysias, Aristotle, others; Sept. for הֵינִיק); μαστοὶ ἐθήλασαν, Luke 23:29 R G.
2. intransitive, to suck: Matthew 21:16 (Aristotle, Plato, Lucian, others; Sept. for יָנַק); μαστούς, Luke 11:27; Job 3:12; Song of Solomon 8:1; Joel 2:16; Theocritus 3:16.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Job
3:12
Song of Songs
8:1
Joel
2:16
Matthew
21:16; 24:19
Mark
13:17
Luke
11:27; 21:23; 23:29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2337 matches the Greek θηλάζω (thēlazō),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:7 - And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:15 - thirty milking camels and their calves, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land that you swore to give their fathers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 - He made him ride on the high places of the land,
and he ate the produce of the field,
and he suckled him with honey out of the rock,
and oil out of the flinty rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Outdoors the sword shall bereave,
and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 - They shall call peoples to their mountain;
there they offer right sacrifices;
for they draw from the abundance of the seas
and the hidden treasures of the sand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; only, may the LORD establish his word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction[fn] all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I looked at him closely in the morning, behold, he was not the child that I had borne.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:25 - And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 - Why did the knees receive me?
Or why the breasts, that I should nurse?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 - He will suck the poison of cobras;
the tongue of a viper will kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still the enemy and the avenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:1 - Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - You shall suck the milk of nations;
you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:11 - that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
from her glorious abundance.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - And now thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and child, from the midst of Judah, leaving you no remnant?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - My eyes are spent with weeping;
my stomach churns;
my bile is poured out to the ground
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
because infants and babies faint
in the streets of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - Look, O LORD, and see!
With whom have you dealt thus?
Should women eat the fruit of their womb,
the children of their tender care?
Should priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:3 - Even jackals offer the breast;
they nurse their young;
but the daughter of my people has become cruel,
like the ostriches in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - The tongue of the nursing infant sticks
to the roof of its mouth for thirst;
the children beg for food,
but no one gives to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - gather the people.
Consecrate the congregation;
assemble the elders;
gather the children,
even nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom leave his room,
and the bride her chamber.
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