King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2337
Transliteration: thēlazō
Phonetic Spelling: (thay-lad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to suckle
Meaning: to suckle
θηλάζω; 1 aorist ἐθήλασα; (θηλή a breast (cf. Peile, Etym., p. 124f));
Word 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.