Help QuickNav Adv. Options
LSB

LSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G2337 - thēlazō

Choose a new font size and typeface
θηλάζω
Transliteration
thēlazō (Key)
Pronunciation
thay-lad'-zo
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From thele (the nipple)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

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.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:15

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - Then 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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - “Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who gave birth to them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom as a [fn]nurse carries a nursing baby, to the land which You swore to their fathers’?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:13 -

“He made him ride on the high places of the earth,

And he ate the produce of the field;

And He made him suck honey from the rock,

And oil from the flinty rock,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 -

‘Outside the sword will bereave,

And inside terror—

Both choice man and virgin,

The nursing baby with the man of gray hair.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:19 -

“They will call peoples to the mountain;

There they will offer righteous sacrifices;

For they will [fn]draw out the abundance of the seas,

And the hidden treasures of the sand.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what is good in your eyes. Remain until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish His word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - ‘Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - So he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infants and nursing babies; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:21 - “When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:25

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:12 -

“Why did the knees receive me,

And why the breasts, that I should suck?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:16 -

“He sucks the poison of cobras;

The viper’s tongue kills him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 -

From the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established [fn]strength

Because of Your adversaries,

To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

Tools

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;

No one would despise me, either.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 -

“You will also suck the milk of nations

And suck the breast of kings;

Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior

And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:11 -

That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts,

That you may suck and be delighted with her bountiful bosom.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - ‘So now, thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, “Why are you doing great evil against yourselves, so as to cut off from you man and woman, infant and nursing baby, from among Judah, leaving yourselves without remnant,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 -

Kaph

My eyes fail because of tears;

My [fn]inmost being is greatly disturbed;

My [fn]heart is poured out on the earth

Because of the [fn]destruction of the daughter of my people,

When infants and nursing babies faint

In the open squares of the city.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 -

Resh

See, O Yahweh, and look!

With whom have You dealt thus?

Should women eat their [fn]offspring,

The infants who were [fn]born healthy?

Should priest and prophet be killed

In the sanctuary of the Lord?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:3 -

Gimel

Even jackals offer the breast;

They nurse their young;

But the daughter of my people has become cruel

Like ostriches in the wilderness.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 -

Daleth

The tongue of the nursing baby cleaves

To the roof of its mouth because of thirst;

The infants ask for bread,

But no one breaks it for them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 -

Gather the people, set apart the congregation as holy,

Assemble the elders,

Gather the infants and the nursing babies.

Let the bridegroom come out of his room

And the bride out of her bridal chamber.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
LSB
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
LSB
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan