verb
ektrefamō
Strong’sG1625
I nourish, nurture, bring up
stem ektref-2 times in the New Testament2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐκ-τρέφω
[in LXX for גָּדַל, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1625 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
bring up from childhood, rear up, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκτεθραμμένοι σκύμνοι λεόντων true-bred.., Refs 5th c.BC+; of plants, τὸ ἐκτρέφον τὴν ῥίζαν Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, rear up for oneself, τινά Refs; ἤνεγκα κἀξέσωσα κἀξεθρεψάμην, says the παιδαγωγός, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, εἴ σοί τις υἱός ἐστιν ἐκτεθραμμένος Refs 5th c.BC+
II middle, of pregnant animals, nourish, [ζῷα] μεγάλα ἐντὸς ἐκθρέψωνται Refs 5th c.BC+:—active, bring to birth, τὰ κυήματα Refs 4th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| ektrefatōἐκτρέφει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | nourishes | 1× |
| ektrefavōrἐκτρέφετε | happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural | bring … up | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ektrefamō | ektrefame | ektrefami | ektrefama | ektrefamē | ektrefamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ektrefasō | ektrefase | ektrefasi | ektrefasa | ektrefasē | ektrefaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ektrefatō1×ἐκτρέφει | ektrefate | ektrefati | ektrefata | ektrefatē | ektrefatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ektrefanō | ektrefane | ektrefani | ektrefana | ektrefanē | ektrefanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ektrefavō | ektrefave | ektrefavi | ektrefava | ektrefavē | ektrefavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ektrefalō | ektrefale | ektrefali | ektrefala | ektrefalē | ektrefalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ektrefameiō | ektrefameia | ektrefameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ektrefaseiō | ektrefaseia | ektrefaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ektrefateiō | ektrefateia | ektrefateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ektrefaneiō | ektrefaneia | ektrefaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ektrefaveiō | ektrefaveia | ektrefaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ektrefaleiō | ektrefaleia | ektrefaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ektrefasōr | ektrefasar | ektrefasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ektrefatōr | ektrefatar | ektrefatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ektrefavōr1×ἐκτρέφετε | ektrefavar | ektrefavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ektrefalōr | ektrefalar | ektrefalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ektrefamoiō | ektrefamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ektrefasoiō | ektrefasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ektrefatoiō | ektrefatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ektrefanoiō | ektrefanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ektrefavoiō | ektrefavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ektrefaloiō | ektrefaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ektrefarō | ektrefari | ektrefara | ektrefarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ektrefarōntos | ektrefarintos | ektrefarantos | ektrefarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
ektref is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
ektrefatō“nourishes”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Ephesians 5:29… pote tan heautou sarkan misata, alla ektrefatō kai thalpatō autan, kathōs kai tos …… hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ …
ektrefavōr“bring … up”happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural1×
Ephesians 6:4… mē parorgizavōr teim tekneim vu, alla ektrefavōr auteim en paideia kai nouthesia kuriou.… provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of …