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Lexicon :: Strong's G1051 - gala

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γάλα
Transliteration
gala (Key)
Pronunciation
gal'-ah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
mGNT
5x in 2 unique form(s) TR
5x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
42x in 4 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:645,111

Strong’s Definitions

γάλα gála, gal'-ah; of uncertain affinity; milk (figuratively):—milk.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G1051 in the following manner: milk (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G1051 in the following manner: milk (5x).

  1. milk

  2. a metaph. for the less difficult Christian truths

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γάλα gála, gal'-ah; of uncertain affinity; milk (figuratively):—milk.
STRONGS G1051:
γάλα, -λακτος [cf. Latin lac; Curtius, § 123], τό, [from Homer down], milk: 1 Corinthians 9:7. Metaphorically, of the less difficult truths of the Christian religion, 1 Corinthians 3:2; Hebrews 5:12f (Quintilian 2, 4, 5 "doctoribus hoc esse curae velim, ut teneras adhuc mentes more nutricum mollius alant et satiari velut quodam jucundioris disciplinae lacte patiantur," [cf. Siegfried, Philo von Alex., p. 329, cf. p. 261]); of the word of God, by which souls newly regenerate are healthfully nourished unto growth in the Christian life, 1 Peter 2:2.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
3:2; 9:7
Hebrews
5:12
1 Peter
2:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1051 matches the Greek γάλα (gala),
which occurs 42 times in 42 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 - When the food was ready, Abraham took some yogurt and milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to the men. As they ate, Abraham waited on them in the shade of the trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - His eyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth are whiter than milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - I have promised to rescue you from your oppression in Egypt. I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - You must celebrate this event in this month each year after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to your ancestors that he would give you this land—a land flowing with milk and honey.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - Go up to this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:24 - But I have promised you, ‘You will possess their land because I will give it to you as your possession—a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from all other people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:27 - This was their report to Moses: “We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country—a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - And if the LORD is pleased with us, he will bring us safely into that land and give it to us. It is a rich land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - What’s more, you haven’t brought us into another land flowing with milk and honey. You haven’t given us a new homeland with fields and vineyards. Are you trying to fool these men?[fn] We will not come.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - Listen closely, Israel, and be careful to obey. Then all will go well with you, and you will have many children in the land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - If you obey, you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and to you, their descendants—a land flowing with milk and honey!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - “You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - He brought us to this place and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - And now, O LORD, I have brought you the first portion of the harvest you have given me from the ground.’ Then place the produce before the LORD your God, and bow to the ground in worship before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Now look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you swore to our ancestors to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - Write this whole body of instruction on them when you cross the river to enter the land the LORD your God is giving you—a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - He fed them yogurt from the herd
and milk from the flock,
together with the fat of lambs.
He gave them choice rams from Bashan, and goats,
together with the choicest wheat.
You drank the finest wine,
made from the juice of grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - The Israelites had traveled in the wilderness for forty years until all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died. For they had disobeyed the LORD, and the LORD vowed he would not let them enter the land he had sworn to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - “Please give me some water,” he said. “I’m thirsty.” So she gave him some milk from a leather bag and covered him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - Sisera asked for water,
and she gave him milk.
In a bowl fit for nobles,
she brought him yogurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:10 - You guided my conception
and formed me in the womb.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:6 - My cows produced milk in abundance,
and my groves poured out streams of olive oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:70

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:70 - Their hearts are dull and stupid,
but I delight in your instructions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - As the beating of cream yields butter
and striking the nose causes bleeding,
so stirring up anger causes quarrels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Your lips are as sweet as nectar, my bride.
Honey and milk are under your tongue.
Your clothes are scented
like the cedars of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - Young Man
I have entered my garden, my treasure,[fn] my bride!
I gather myrrh with my spices
and eat honeycomb with my honey.
I drink wine with my milk.

Young Women of Jerusalem
Oh, lover and beloved, eat and drink!
Yes, drink deeply of your love!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes sparkle like doves
beside springs of water;
they are set like jewels
washed in milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:22 - Nevertheless, there will be enough milk for everyone because so few people will be left in the land. They will eat their fill of yogurt and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - “Who does the LORD think we are?” they ask.
“Why does he speak to us like this?
Are we little children,
just recently weaned?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - Powerful kings and mighty nations
will satisfy your every need,
as though you were a child
nursing at the breast of a queen.
You will know at last that I, the LORD,
am your Savior and your Redeemer,
the Mighty One of Israel.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - I said this so I could keep my promise to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey—the land you live in today.’”
Then I replied, “Amen, LORD! May it be so.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - You gave the people of Israel this land that you had promised their ancestors long before—a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Our princes once glowed with health—
brighter than snow, whiter than milk.
Their faces were as ruddy as rubies,
their appearance like fine jewels.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - I took a solemn oath that day that I would bring them out of Egypt to a land I had discovered and explored for them—a good land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands anywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:3 - You drink the milk, wear the wool, and butcher the best animals, but you let your flocks starve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
Water will fill the streambeds of Judah,
and a fountain will burst forth from the LORD’s Temple,
watering the arid valley of acacias.[fn]
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