To nourish/rear
ἐκτρέφωStrong’s G1625ektrephō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ektrephō is the Greek word usually translated “nourishes” and “do bring up”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:”
Meaning
Usually translated “nourishes” and “do bring up”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he nourishes 1
- do bring up 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ephesians 2
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἐκτρέφω ektrephō · to nourish/rear
ἐκ-τρέφω [in LXX for גָּדַל, etc. ;] 1. prop., of children, to nurture, bring up: Eph.6:4. 2. to nourish: Eph.5:29.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “nourish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NOURISH, verb transitive
[G. to nourish cannot be the same word unless they have lost a dental, which may perhaps be the fact.]
- To feed and cause to grow; to supply a living or organized body, animal or vegetable, with matter which increases its bulk or supplies the waste occasioned by any of its functions; to supply with nutriment.
- To support; to maintain by feeding. Genesis 47:12
- To supply the means of support and increase; to encourage; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
- To cherish; to comfort. James 5:5
All definitions and other forms of “nourish”
- To educate; to instruct; to promote growth in attainments. 1 Timothy 4:6
NOURISH, verb intransitive
- To promote growth.
- To gain nourishment. [Unusual.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.