UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: θῆλυς

Sense 1: to nurse (of a baby), to suck, to feed on

Semantic entry: 23.7

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Eat, Drink

Definition: the activity of a baby feeding at the breast

Notes: In a number of languages there are highly specific terms for the manner in which babies nurse, including ‘to suck upon’ or ‘to pull at the breasts.’ There may also be distinctions in terminology depending upon whether the child in question is a helpless infant held in the arms or a small child capable of moving about. See also discussion at 23.8: θηλάζω.

MAT 21:16: RV MAT 21:16 · LV MAT 21:16 · Read together MAT 21:16

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OET-RV MAT 21:16

16 and accused him, asking, “Can’t you hear what they’re saying?”
¶ “Yes, I can,” Yeshua responded. “Didn’t you ever read where it says ‘You caused praise to come from the lips of infants and babies’?”

OET-LV MAT 21:16

16 and said to _him:
Are _you _hearing what these are _saying?
And the Yaʸsous is _saying to _them:
Yes, you _all_ never _read, that You _prepared praise out _of mouth of _infants and nursing,?

LUK 11:27: RV LUK 11:27 · LV LUK 11:27 · Read together LUK 11:27

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OET-RV LUK 11:27

27 While Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) was teaching these things, a woman in the crowd shouted out, “Blessed is the mother who bore you and the one who raised you.”

OET-LV LUK 11:27

27 And it _became at the time him to _be _saying these things, a_certain woman from the crowd having _lifted _up a_voice, said to _him:
Blessed is the womb which having _borne you, and the_breasts which you _nursed.

Sense 2: to nurse a baby

Semantic entry: 23.8

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Eat, Drink

Definition: to cause a baby to feed at the breast

Notes: In many languages entirely distinct terms are employed for the causative and noncausative meanings of ‘to nurse.’ Still additional distinctions may be employed depending upon the age of the child. One term may be used in speaking of helpless infants, while another may be used of small children who are able to walk around, but who still are nursed from time to time.

MAT 24:19: RV MAT 24:19 · LV MAT 24:19 · Read together MAT 24:19

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OET-RV MAT 24:19

19 It’ll be very difficult for pregnant women and breast-feeding mothers in those days,

OET-LV MAT 24:19