Lexical Summary anatrephō: to nurse up, nourish Original Word: ἀνατρέφωTransliteration: anatrephō Phonetic Spelling: (an-at-ref'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to nurse up, nourish Meaning: to nurse up, nourish Strong's Concordance bring up, nourish. From ana and trepho; to rear (physically or mentally) -- bring up, nourish (up). see GREEK ana see GREEK trepho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 397: ἀνατρέφωἀνατρέφω: 2 aorist passive ἀνετράφην; perfect passive participle ἀνατεθραμμένος; 1 aorist middle ἀνεθρεψάμην; to nurse up, nourish up (German aufnähren,auffüttern); properly, of young children and animals nourished to promote their growth (Xenophon, mem. 4, 3, 10, etc.; Wis. 7:4); to bring up: Luke 4:16 T WH marginal reading; Acts 7:20f; with the predominant idea of forming the mind, Acts 22:3 (4 Macc. 10:2, and often in Greek writings). Cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part iii., p. 4. |
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