Word Summary
gala: milk
Original Word: γάλαTransliteration: gala
Phonetic Spelling: (gal'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: milk
Meaning: milk
Strong's Concordance
milk.
Of uncertain affinity; milk (figuratively) -- milk.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1051: γάλαγάλα,
γάλακτος (cf. Latin
lac;
Curtius, § 123),
τό (from
Homer down),
milk:
1 Corinthians 9:7. Metaphorically, of
the less difficult truths of the Christian religion,
1 Corinthians 3:2;
Hebrews 5:12f (
Quintilian 2, 4, 5 "
doctoribushocessecuraevelim,
uttenerasadhucmentesmorenutricummolliusalantetsatiarivelutquodamjucundiorisdisciplinaelactepatiantur," (cf. Siegfried,
Philo von Alex., p. 329, cf. p. 261)); of the word of God, by which souls newly regenerate are healthfully nourished unto growth in the Christian life,
1 Peter 2:2.