Quick Definition
θάλπω v. I cherish, nourish
Strong's Definition
probably akin to thallo (to warm); to brood, i.e. (figuratively) to foster
KJV Usage: cherish
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb
35.36 · Help, Care For · Care For, Take Care Of
to take care of to take care of, with the implication of cherishing and concern for It may be useful in some instances to translate ‘and takes care of it’ in EPH 5:29 as ‘and gives to his own body whatever is needed’ or ‘and does for himself whatever is necessary.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θάλπω; 1. prop. to warm, keep warm, (Lat. foveo) : Hom. et 5366. 2. like the Lat. foveo, i. 4. to cherish with tender love, to foster with tender care: Eph. v. 29; 1 Th. ii. 7; ([Theocr. 14, 38]; Alciphr. 2,4; Antonin. 5, 1).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θάλπω thalpō 2x
to impart warmth; met. to cherish, nurse, foster, comfort, Eph. 5:29; 1 Thess. 2:7*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θάλπω,
[in LXX for סכן, etc.;]
to heat, warm; metaph., to inflame (Trag.);
to foster, cherish: Eph 5:29, I Th 2:7.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θάλπω. For this poetic verb (in NT only 1 Th 27, Eph 539) cf. the vi/A.D. marriage-contract, CPR I. 302°, where a husband undertakes ἀγαπᾶν kal θάλπειν kal θεραπεύειν his wife, and for a similar metaphorical usage see OGZS 1945 (B.c. 42) τὴν πόλιν Cade. The verb occurs several times in the Mimes of Herodas: cf. also Bacchylides Fragm. 163 (ed. Jebb, p. 417) θάλπῃσι θυμόν, and the Christian epigram Kaibel 72585— θάλπεο ψυχὴν ὕδασιν ἀενάοις πλουτοδότου σοφίης.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θάλπω (thalpō) — to care for. θάλπ-ω, future -ψω[Refs 4th c.AD+]: future middle in passive sense θάλψομαι [Refs]:—heat, soften by heat, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὣς.. θαλφθείς [Refs 8th c.BC+]: metaphorically, to be softened, deceived, αἴ κε μὴ θαλφθῇ λόγοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. heat, warm, without any notion of softening, καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε (i.e. ἡμᾶς) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θερμὴ ἡμᾶς ἀκτὶς θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; keep warm, χλανιδίων ἐρειπίοις θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα [Refs], of an idle life, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θάλπεσθαι τοῦ θέρους to be warm in summer, [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be alive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. warm at the fire, dry, θάλπεται ῥάκη [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. hatch, ᾠά [Refs]: so absolutely, sit, [Refs]; θ. ἐπὶ τῶν νοσσῶν, ἐπὶ τῶν ᾠῶν, [LXX]
III. metaphorically, of passion, heat, inflame, ἣ Διὸς θάλπει κέαρ ἔρωτι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔθαλψεν ἄτης σπασμός [Refs]:—passive, ἱμέρου βέλει τεθάλφθαι πρός τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θάλπῃ (2nd pers. singular) ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. comfort, ὕπνος.. θάλπει κέαρ [Refs 5th c.BC+].; cherish, foster, ἄλλον θάλπε φίλον [NT+3rd c.BC+]; τὴν πόλιν θ. tend it with fostering care, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III.3. ἐμὲ οὐδὲν θ. ἡ δόξα I care nothing for glory, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
IV. intransitive, to be full of heat, vigorous, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θάλψαι τρεῖς ποίας to live three summers, [Refs 1st c.AD+]