Quick Definition
θρέμμα, ατος, τό n.n. cattle
Strong's Definition
from 5142; stock (as raised on a farm)
KJV Usage: cattle
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | τρέφω
4.5 · Animals · Animals
livestock, cattle domesticated four-footed animals, primarily livestock τὰ θρέμματα in JHN 4:12 would include cattle (bulls, cows, oxen), sheep, goats, donkeys, and possibly camels. It is difficult, however, to obtain in certain languages an expression which is sufficiently generic as to include all such domesticated animals. Sometimes, however, one can use a phrase such as ‘animals that people take care of’ or ‘animals that are herded’ or even ‘animals that are owned.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θρέμμα, -ros, τό, (τρέφω), whatever is fed or nursed; hence 1. a ward, nursling, child, (Soph., Eur., Plat., al.). 2. a flock, cattle, esp. sheep and goats: Jn. iv. 12. (Xen. oec. 20, 23; Plat., Diod., Joseph., Plut., Leian., Aelian, al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θρέμμα thremma 1x
that which is reared (especially sheep and goats); pl. cattle, Jn. 4:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* θρέμμα, -τος, τό
(τρέφω);
a nurseling, esp. of animals (Eur., Plat., al.).
cattle: Jo 4:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θρέμμα. For this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Jn 432) =“ cattle” (AV, RV) we may cite P Oxy IT. 246!* (a. D. 66) ameypaapny . . ἀπὸ γ[ο]νῆς ὧν ἔχω θρεμμάτω[ν] ἄρνας δέκα δύο, “1 registered twelve lambs which were born from sheep in my possession ” (Edd. ), BGU III. 759! (Δ... 125) ἐπελθόντες μοι. . ποιμαίνοντι | θρέμματα ᾿Ανουβίωνος, P Amh TI. 134° (early ii/a.D.) The NT usage may be further illustrated from | two Christian papyrus letters—P Oxy VI. 93918 (iv/a.D.) | (= Selections, p. 129) τὰ μὲν yap πρῶτα ἐν θλίψει αὐτῆς [πολλῇ οὔσης οὐκ ὧν ἐν ἐμαυτῷ ἀπέστειλα, ‘for my first messages I despatched when she was in great affliction, not being master of myself,” P Amh 11. 14418 (v/A.D.) καὶ yap ἐγὼ ἐν πολλῇ μέρμνῃ (7. μερίμνῃ) Kal θλείψει ὑπάρχω, ““ for I am in much anxiety and trouble” (Edd.). MGr θλῖψι (χλῖψι), “affliction.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θρέμμα (thremma) — livestock. θρέμμ-α, ατος, τό, (τρέφω) nursling, creature, θ. Νηρεΐδων, of dolphins, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; mostly of tame animals, especially sheep and goats, [NT+5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐν ταῖς ἀγέλαις θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑηνὰ θ. [Refs]; of game-cocks and quails, ὀρνίθων θ[Refs]: generally, animals, τοῖς ἡμέροις καὶ ἀγρίοις.. θ. [Refs]
2. of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Χαρίτων θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of domestic slaves,= Latin verna, τὸ Χρυσίππου θ. [Refs]
3. generally, creature, ἄπλατον θ. κἀπροσήγορον, of a lion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Cerberus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κακὰ θ., of a swarm of gnats, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; θ. Σελινοῦντος, of a fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Καρύστου θ., comic for a cup made at Carystus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; as a term of reproach, θρέμματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in periphrastic, ὕδρας θ., for ὕδρα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θρέμματα παλλακῶν kept mistresses, [Refs 1st c.AD+]