Quick Definition
ἀνατρέφω v. I rear, bring up
Strong's Definition
to rear (physically or mentally)
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) and G5142 (τρέφω);
KJV Usage: bring up, nourish (up)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | τρέφω
35.51 · Help, Care For · Rear, Bring Up
to raise, to rear, to bring up to raise a child to maturity by providing for physical and psychological needs To raise or bring up children may be expressed in a number of different ways, for example, ‘to give food to children,’ ‘to take care of children,’ ‘to be a parent to children,’ ‘to cause a child to become an adult,’ or ‘to make a child become like oneself.’
33.232 · Communication · Teach
Collocation: ἀνατρέφω παρὰ τοὺς πόδας
to be taught by, to be educated under the direction of (an idiom, literally: to be trained at the feet of) to be given extensive and formal instruction by someone In a number of languages the closest equivalent of this part of ACT 22:3 is simply ‘Gamaliel was his teacher.’
1 There may very well be subtle differences of meaning in the series in 35.51, but there is no direct contextual evidence to support significant distinctions in meaning.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνατρέφω anatrephō 3x
to nurse, as an infant, Acts 7:20; to bring up, educate, Acts 7:21; 22:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀνα-τρέφω,
[in LXX: Wi 7:4 B, IV Mac 10:2 11:15 א*;]
to nurse up, nourish, educate, bring up: Lk 4:16, WΗ, mg., Ac 7:20, 21 22:3.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνατρέφω (anatrephō) — to bring up. ἀνατρέφω, bring up, cherish, educate, [NT+4th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὸ φρόνημα raise the spirit, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, ἀναθρέψασθαι υἱόν have him educated, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:— passive, grow up, ἀνατραφῆναι ἐν..[Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἀνέτραφες in [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. feed up, opposed to ἰσχναίνω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀνατρέφεσθαι ἐκ νόσου convalesce, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fish after milting, [Refs 4th c.BC+]