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Lexicon :: Strong's G1625 - ektrephō

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ἐκτρέφω
Transliteration
ektrephō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-tref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἐκτρέφω ektréphō, ek-tref'-o; from G1537 and G5142; to rear up to maturity, i.e. (genitive case) to cherish or train:—bring up, nourish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1625 in the following manner: nourish (1x), bring up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1625 in the following manner: nourish (1x), bring up (1x).

  1. to nourish up to maturity, to nourish

  2. to nurture, bring up

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκτρέφω ektréphō, ek-tref'-o; from G1537 and G5142; to rear up to maturity, i.e. (genitive case) to cherish or train:—bring up, nourish.
STRONGS G1625:
ἐκτρέφω; from Aeschylus down;
1. to nourish up to maturity; then universally, to nourish: τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα, Ephesians 5:29.
2. to nurture, bring up: τὰ τέκνα, Ephesians 6:4.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Ephesians
5:29; 6:4

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Strong's Number G1625 matches the Greek ἐκτρέφω (ektrephō),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:29 - For no one ever hated his own body, but [instead] he nourishes and protects and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:4 -

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with lovingkindness] in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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