Greek verb · G2337
θηλάζω
thelazothay-lad'-zo
of the mother, to suckle; Of the young, to suck
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: thēlázō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2337is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2337
to suckle, (by implication) to suck
The King James renders it: (give) suck(-ling).
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
thelazo is rendered "of the mother, to suckle; Of the young, to suck". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "of the mother, to suckle".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 21:16“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
Matthew 21:16θηλαζόντων
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: of the mother, to suckle, and Of the young, to suck.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| of the mother, to suckleMat.24:19, Mrk.13:17, Luk.21:23. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 24:19How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! |
| Of the young, to suckMat.21:16; μαστούς | Tagged as
| WhereJob 3:12Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed? |
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.
3 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
- θηλαζούσαις3
- ἐθήλασας1
- θηλαζόντων1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural3V-PAP-DPF
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
Matthew
two uses
“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
- θηλαζόντωνthelazontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: sucklings
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
- θηλαζούσαιςthelazousaisverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: nursing infants
Mark
one use
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
- θηλαζούσαιςthelazousaisverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: nursing infants
Luke
two uses
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
- ἐθήλασαςethelasasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You nursed
How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
- θηλαζούσαιςthelazousaisverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: nursing
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.