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Strong's #1025 - βρέφος
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- an unborn child, embryo, a foetus
- a new-born child, an infant, a babe
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βρέφος, εος, τό,
I babe in the womb, foetus, β. ἡμίονον κυέουσαν, of a mare, Il. 23.266, cf. Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.222.
II new-born babe, Simon. 37.15, Pi. O. 6.33, A. Ag. 1096 (lyr.); νέον β. E. Ba. 289 [not in S. ]: in later Prose, LXX Si. 19.11, BGU 1104.24 (i B. C.), etc.; of beasts, foal, whelp, cub, etc., Hdt. 3.153, Phylarch. 36, Ael. Nahum 3:8, Opp. H. 5.464, etc.; nestling, Horap. 2.99; ἐκ βρέφεος from babyhood, AP 9.567 (Antip.); ἀπὸ β. 2 Timothy 3:15. (Cf. Slav. žrèbę 'foal'.)
βρέφος, βρέφους, τό;
a. an unborn child, embryo, fetus: Luke 1:41, 44; (Homer, Iliad 23, 266; Plutarch, rep. Stoic. 41 τό βρέφος ἐν τῇ γαστρί).
b. a new-born child, an infant, a babe (so from Pindar down): Luke 2:12, 16; Luke 18:15; Acts 7:19; 1 Peter 2:2; ἀπό βρέφους from infancy, 2 Timothy 3:15 (so ἐκ βρέφους, Anth. Pal. 9, 567).
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** βρέφος , -ους , τό ,
[in LXX: Sirach 19:11, 1 Maccabees 1:61, 2 Maccabees 6:10, 3 Maccabees 5:49, 4 Maccabees 4:25 *;]
1. an unborn child: Luke 1:41; Luke 1:44.
2. a newborn child, a babe: Luke 2:12; Luke 2:16; Luke 18:15 Acts 7:19, 1 Peter 2:2; ἀπὸ βρέφους , from infancy, 2 Timothy 3:15.†
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BGU IV. 1104.24 (time of Augustus) ἑατῆς τὸ βρέφος ἐκτίθεσθαι , P Oxy VII. 1069.22 (iii/A.D.) ἐὰν γὰρ τέκῃ ἡ Ταμοὺν ἀνάγκασον αὐτὴν τὸ βρέφος φειλοπονῆσε (l. φιλοπονῆσαι ), ib. XI. 1209.16 (A.D. 251–3) ἀρρενικῷ βρέφει , ";male nursling child,"; P Lond 951 verso.3 (late iii/A.D.) (= III. p. 213) εἰ θέλ [εις , τ ]ὸ βρέφος ἐχέτω τροφόν , ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ ἐπ ̣ιτ [ρέ ]πω τῇ θυγατρί μου θηλάζειν , a letter from a father-in-law or mother-in-law with reference to the nursing of a new-born child. In the magic papyrus P Lond 122.1 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 116) Hermes is invoked—ἔλθε ] μοι κύριε Ἑρμῆ ὡς τὰ βρέφη εἰς τὰς κοιλίας τῶν γυναι [κῶ ]ν .
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