Lexical Summary thēlazō: to suckle Original Word: θηλάζωTransliteration: thēlazō Phonetic Spelling: (thay-lad'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to suckle Meaning: to suckle Strong's Concordance to suckle, suck. From thele (the nipple); to suckle, (by implication) to suck -- (give) suck(-ling). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2337: θηλάζωθηλάζω; 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; the Sept. for הֵינִיק); μαστοί ἐθήλασαν, Luke 23:29 R G. 2. intransitive, to suck: Matthew 21:16 (Aristotle, Plato, Lucian, others; the Sept. for יָנַק); μαστούς, Luke 11:27; Job 3:12; Song of Solomon 8:1; Joel 2:16; Theocritus, 3:16. |
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