Quick Definition
to suckle
Strong's Definition
to suck; causatively, to give milk
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
TWOT Reference: 874
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to suckle, nurse, suck
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to suck
1a2) suckling, babe (subst)
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to give suck to, nurse
1b2) nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to suckle, nurse, suck
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to suck
1a2) suckling, babe (subst)
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to give suck to, nurse
1b2) nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָנַק
yânaq
BDB Definition:
1) to suckle, nurse, suck
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to suck
1a2) suckling, babe (substantive)
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to give suck to, nurse
1b2) nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 874
Total KJV Occurrences: 33