Strong's Concordance ektrephó: to bring up to maturity, to nourish Original Word: ἐκτρέφωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ektrephó Phonetic Spelling: (ek-tref'-o) Short Definition: I nourish, nurture, bring up Definition: I nourish, nurture, bring up. HELPS Word-studies 1625 ektréphō (from 1537 /ek, "out from," intensifying 5142 /tréphō, "to feed") – properly, feed (nourish out), (i.e. to its needed outcome). 1625 (ektréphō) suggests "effectively nourish, nurture" (sustain, Eph 5:29) – or "nourish out (up) to maturity" (J. Thayer), i.e. to rear, raise (train up, WP, Eph 6:4). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1625: ἐκτρέφωἐκτρέφω; from Aeschylus down; 1. to nourish up to maturity; then universally, to nourish: τήν ἑαυτοῦ σάρκα, Ephesians 5:29. 2. to nurture, bring up: τά τέκνα, Ephesians 6:4. STRONGS NT 1625a: ἔκτρομος [ἔκτρομος, adjective (cf. ἔκφοβος), trembling exceedingly, exceedingly terrified: Hebrews 12:21 Tr marginal reading WH mrg, after the Sinaiticus and Claromontanus manuscripts (others ἔντρομος, which see). Not found elsewhere. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance bring up, nourish. From ek and trepho; to rear up to maturity, i.e. (genitive case) to cherish or train -- bring up, nourish. see GREEK ek see GREEK trepho Forms and Transliterations εκθρέψαι εκθρέψουσι εκθρέψω εκθρέψωσι εκτραφέντα εκτραφέντων εκτρεφει εκτρέφει ἐκτρέφει εκτρεφετε εκτρέφετε ἐκτρέφετε εκτρέφωσιν εκτρίβει εκτριβή εκτριβήναι εκτριβής εκτριβήσεσθε εκτριβήσεται εκτριβήση εκτριβήσομαι εκτρίβοντες εκτριβώμεν εκτριβώσιν εκτρίψαι εκτρίψατε εκτρίψει εκτρίψεις εκτρίψη εκτρίψητε εκτρίψουσιν εκτρίψω εκτρίψωμεν εκτρυγήσεις εκτρώγων εξέδραμεν εξέθρεψα εξέθρεψας εξέθρεψέ εξέθρεψεν εξέτρεφον εξετρίβησαν εξέτριψα εξέτριψαν εξέτριψας εξέτριψε εξέτριψεν ektrephei ektréphei ektrephete ektrépheteLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 16252 Occurrences ἐκτρέφει — 1 Occ. ἐκτρέφετε — 1 Occ. Ephesians 5:29 V-PIA-3S GRK: ἐμίσησεν ἀλλὰ ἐκτρέφει καὶ θάλπει NAS: flesh, but nourishes and cherishes KJV: flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth INT: hated but nourishes and cherishes Ephesians 6:4 V-PMA-2P |