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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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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ephesians
5:29; 6:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1625 matches the Greek ἐκτρέφω (ektrephō),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:7 - God has sent me ahead of you to keep you and your families alive and to preserve many survivors.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - I will take care of you there, for there are still five years of famine ahead of us. Otherwise you, your household, and all your animals will starve.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:17 - So they brought their livestock to Joseph in exchange for food. In exchange for their horses, flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and donkeys, Joseph provided them with food for another year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children. It ate from the man’s own plate and drank from his cup. He cuddled it in his arms like a baby daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - She bore him a son named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him[fn] in Pharaoh’s palace among Pharaoh’s own sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:8 - But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the older men and instead asked the opinion of the young men who had grown up with him and were now his advisers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:6 - Jehu responded with a second letter: “If you are on my side and are going to obey me, bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the seventy sons of the king were being cared for by the leaders of Samaria, where they had been raised since childhood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - The young men replied, “This is what you should tell those complainers who want a lighter burden: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:18 - No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father,
and all my life I have cared for widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:3 - They crouch down to give birth to their young
and deliver their offspring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:2 - He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:24 - The father of godly children has cause for joy.
What a pleasure to have children who are wise.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:4 - But now you are put to shame, city of Sidon,
for Tyre, the fortress of the sea, says,
“Now I am childless;
I have no sons or daughters.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21 - Then you will think to yourself,
‘Who has given me all these descendants?
For most of my children were killed,
and the rest were carried away into exile.
I was left here all alone.
Where did all these people come from?
Who bore these children?
Who raised them for me?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:4 - Deep springs watered it
and helped it to grow tall and luxuriant.
The water flowed around it like a river,
streaming to all the trees nearby.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - Even if you do have children who grow up,
I will take them from you.
It will be a terrible day when I turn away
and leave you alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:10 - Then the LORD said, “You feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing to put it there. It came quickly and died quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:9 - Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations,
they will still remember me in distant lands.
They and their children will survive
and return again to Israel.
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