Greek noun (neuter) · G1051
γάλα
galagal'-ah
milk
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gála
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1051is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1051
milk (figuratively)
The King James renders it: milk.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
gala is rendered "milk". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Corinthians 3:2I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- milk3
- of milk2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- γάλακτος3
- γάλα2
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular3N-GSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular2N-ASN
1 Corinthians
two uses
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
- γάλαgalanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: Milk
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
- γάλακτοςgalaktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: milk
Hebrews
two uses
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
- γάλακτοςgalaktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of milk
For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
- γάλακτοςgalaktosnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: of milk
1 Peter
one use
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
- γάλαgalanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: milk
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.