STRONGS G2337:
θηλάζω; 1 aorist
ἐθήλασα; (
θηλή a breast, [cf.
Peile, Etym., p. 124f]);
1. transitive,
to give the breast, give suck, to suckle:
Matthew 24:19;
Mark 13:17;
Luke 21:23, (Lysias, Aristotle, others;
Sept. for
הֵינִיק);
μαστοὶ ἐθήλασαν,
Luke 23:29 R G.
2. intransitive,
to suck:
Matthew 21:16 (Aristotle, Plato, Lucian, others;
Sept. for
יָנַק);
μαστούς,
Luke 11:27;
Job 3:12;
Song of Solomon 8:1;
Joel 2:16; Theocritus 3:16.
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