Anatréphō — G397

Definition

verb

to rear (physically or mentally)

1. properly, of young children and animals nourished to promote their growth
2. to bring up
3. with the predominant idea of forming the mind

Usually translated as

bring up, nourish

Origin

from G303 and G5142

• aná (G303)
• tréphō (G5142)

Occurrences

Anatréphō occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (3)

• Acts 7:20 — In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up (ἀνετράφη) in his father’s house three months:
• Acts 7:21 — And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished (ἀνεθρέψατο) him for her own son.
• Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up (ἀνατεθραμμένος) in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.