Livestock
θρέμμαStrong’s G2353thremma
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Thremma is the Greek word usually translated “livestock”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?”
Meaning
Usually translated “livestock”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- livestock 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
θρέμμα thremma · livestock
θρέμμα, -τος, τό (τρέφω) 1. a nurseling, esp. of animals (Eur., Plat., al.). 2. cattle: Jhn.4:12.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “livestock” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LI'VESTOCK, noun
[live and stock.]
Horses, cattle and smaller domestic animals; a term applied in America to such animals as may be exported alive for foreign market.
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.