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Suck, Suckling

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: θηλάζω

(Strong's #2337 — Verb — thelazo — thay-lad'-zo )

from thele, "a breast," is used (a) of the mother, "to suckle," Matthew 24:19; Mark 13:17; Luke 21:23; in some texts in Luke 23:29 (the best have trepho); (b) of the young, "to suck," Matthew 21:16 , "sucklings;" Luke 11:27 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Suck, Suckling'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/suck-suckling.html. 1940.
 
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