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θηλάζω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
θηλάζω
Greek transliteration: 
thēlazō
Simplified transliteration: 
thelazo
Principal Parts: 
-, ἐθήλασα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2337
GK Number: 
2558
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-2a(1)
Gloss: 
to nurse a baby; (n.) nursing infant
Definition: 
to suckle, give suck, Mt. 24:19; Mk. 13:17; Lk. 21:23; to suck, Mt. 21:16; Lk. 11:27*

Greek-English Concordance for θηλάζω

Matthew 21:16 and they said to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” “Yes,” replied Jesus, “but have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing (thēlazontōn | θηλαζόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) babies you have brought forth praise’?”
Matthew 24:19 But woe to women who are pregnant and to mothers who are nursing (thēlazousais | θηλαζούσαις | pres act ptcp dat pl fem) babies in those days!
Mark 13:17 But woe to those women who are pregnant and to those who are nursing (thēlazousais | θηλαζούσαις | pres act ptcp dat pl fem) in those days.
Luke 11:27 While he was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you, and the breasts that nursed (ethēlasas | ἐθήλασας | aor act ind 2 sg) you!”
Luke 21:23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing (thēlazousais | θηλαζούσαις | pres act ptcp dat pl fem) infants in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.