Word 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.