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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #397 - ἀνατρέφω

Transliteration

anatréphō

Phonetics

an-at-ref'-o

Origin

from (G303) and (G5142)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to nurse up, nourish up
1. of young children and animals nourished to promote growth
to bring up
1. with the predominant idea of forming the mind

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Acts 3

BSB (3)

Acts 3

CSB (3)

Acts 3

ESV (3)

Acts 3

KJV (3)

Acts 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

Acts 4

N95 (3)

Acts 3

NAS (4)

Acts 3

NLT (3)

Acts 5

WEB (3)

Acts 3

YLT (3)

Acts 3

ASV (3)

brought up 1

he was nourished 1

nourished 1

BSB (3)

brought him up 1

raised 1

was nurtured 1

CSB (3)

for 1

raised 1

up 1

ESV (3)

brought up 2

up 1

KJV (3)

nourished 1

up 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

brought 1

nurtured 2

up 1

N95 (3)

brought 1

nurtured 2

NAS (4)

brought 1

nurtured 2

up 1

NLT (3)

for 1

raised 1

up 1

WEB (3)

brought up 1

reared 1

was nourished 1

YLT (3)

brought up 1

did rear 1

was brought up 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-2API-3S 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 1

ANT

V-2API-3S 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 1

BEZ

V-AMI-3S 1

V-API-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 1

BGB

V-2API-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 1

BMT

V-2API-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 1

BYZ

V-2API-3S 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 1

ELZ

V-AMI-3S 1

V-API-3S 1

V-XPPNSM 1

NA26

V-3AMIS 1

V-3APIS 1

V-XPPNSM 1

SBL

V-2API-3S 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 1

SCV

V-2API-3S 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 1

STV

V-2API-3S 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 2

TIS

V-2API-3S 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 1

V-2API-3S 1

V-AMI-3S 1

V-RPP-NSM 1

TRG

V-AMI-3S 1

V-API-3S 1

V-XPPNSM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀνατρέφω,

1. bring up, cherish, educate, A. Eu. 523, Luke 4:16,al.; ἀ. τὸ φρόνημα raise the spirit, X. Cyr. 5.2.34: — Med., ἀναθρέψασθαι υἱόν have him educated, Hdn. 1.2.1; ἀ. λειμὼν κάλλεα Nic. Fr. 74.58: — Pass., grow up, ἀνατραφῆναι ἐν.. Plu. Cam. 34, etc.; τῇ Ἑλλάδι φωνῇ Ael. NA 11.25; ἀνέτραφες in AP 5.156 (Mel.) = ἀνετράφης.

2. feed up, opp. ἰσχναίνω, Hp. Art. 33, 50: metaph., ἀ. μονῳδίαις Ar. Ra. 944: — Pass., ἀνατρέφεσθαι ἐκ νόσου convalesce, Hp. VM 14; of fish after milting, Arist. HA 608a2.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἀνατρέφω: 2 aorist passive ἀνετράφην; perfect passive participle ἀνατεθραμμένος; 1 aorist middle ἀνεθρεψάμην; to nurse up, nourish up (German aufnähren,auffüttern); properly, of young children and animals nourished to promote their growth (Xenophon, mem. 4, 3, 10, etc.; Wis. 7:4); to bring up: Luke 4:16 T WH marginal reading; Acts 7:20f; with the predominant idea of forming the mind, Acts 22:3 (4 Macc. 10:2, and often in Greek writings). Cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part iii., p. 4.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἀνα -τρέφω ,

[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 7:4 B, 4 Maccabees 10:2; 4 Maccabees 11:15 א *;]

to nurse up, nourish, educate, bring up: Luke 4:16, W Η , mg., Acts 7:20-21; Acts 22:3.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

ανατεθραμμενος ανατεθραμμένος ἀνατεθραμμένος ανατροπήν ανεθρεψατο ανεθρέψατο ἀνεθρέψατο ανετραφη ανετράφη ἀνετράφη anatethrammenos anatethramménos anethrepsato anethrépsato anetraphe anetraphē anetráphe anetráphē