verb

Greekθάλπω (thalpō)

Biblang

thalpamō

Strong’sG2282

I cherish, nourish

stem thalp-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.

θάλπω,

[in LXX for סכן, etc.;]

to heat, warm; metaph.,

(a) to inflame (Trag.);

(b) to foster, cherish: Eph 5:29, I Th 2:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2282 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidthal'-po

to brood, i.e. (figuratively) to foster

Fromprobably akin to θάλλω (to warm);

King Jamescherish.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

θάλπ-ω,
future -ψωRefs 4th c.AD+: future middle in passive sense θάλψομαι Refs:—heat, soften by heat, Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὣς.. θαλφθείς Refs 8th c.BC+: metaphorically, to be softened, deceived, αἴ κε μὴ θαλφθῇ λόγοις Refs 5th c.BC+
II heat, warm, without any notion of softening, καῦμ᾽ ἔθαλπε (i.e. ἡμᾶς) Refs 5th c.BC+; θερμὴ ἡμᾶς ἀκτὶς θ. Refs 5th c.BC+; keep warm, χλανιδίων ἐρειπίοις θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα Refs, of an idle life, Refs 3rd c.BC+:—passive, Refs 5th c.BC+; θάλπεσθαι τοῦ θέρους to be warm in summer, Refs 5th c.BC+ to be alive, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 warm at the fire, dry, θάλπεται ῥάκη Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 hatch, ᾠά Refs: so absolutely, sit, Refs; θ. ἐπὶ τῶν νοσσῶν, ἐπὶ τῶν ᾠῶν, LXX
III metaphorically, of passion, heat, inflame, ἣ Διὸς θάλπει κέαρ ἔρωτι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔθαλψεν ἄτης σπασμός Refs:—passive, ἱμέρου βέλει τεθάλφθαι πρός τινος Refs 4th c.BC+; θάλπῃ (2nd pers. singular) ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 comfort, ὕπνος.. θάλπει κέαρ Refs 5th c.BC+.; cherish, foster, ἄλλον θάλπε φίλον NT+3rd c.BC+; τὴν πόλιν θ. tend it with fostering care, Refs 1st c.BC+
III.3 ἐμὲ οὐδὲν θ. ἡ δόξα I care nothing for glory, Refs 4th c.AD+
IV intransitive, to be full of heat, vigorous, Refs 4th c.BC+; θάλψαι τρεῖς ποίας to live three summers, Refs 1st c.AD+

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.

cherishes2×

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
thalpatōθάλπει	happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular	cherishes	1×
thalpateiōθάλπῃ	happening now · he/she/itpresent active subjunctive 3rd person singular	cherishes	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	thalpamō	thalpame	thalpami	thalpama	thalpamē	thalpamelē
you 2nd person singular	thalpasō	thalpase	thalpasi	thalpasa	thalpasē	thalpaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	thalpatō1×θάλπει	thalpate	thalpati	thalpata	thalpatē	thalpatelē
we 1st person plural	thalpanō	thalpane	thalpani	thalpana	thalpanē	thalpanelē
ye 2nd person plural	thalpavō	thalpave	thalpavi	thalpava	thalpavē	thalpavelē
they 3rd person plural	thalpalō	thalpale	thalpali	thalpala	thalpalē	thalpalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	thalpameiō	thalpameia	thalpameiē
you 2nd person singular	thalpaseiō	thalpaseia	thalpaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	thalpateiō1×θάλπῃ	thalpateia	thalpateiē
we 1st person plural	thalpaneiō	thalpaneia	thalpaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	thalpaveiō	thalpaveia	thalpaveiē
they 3rd person plural	thalpaleiō	thalpaleia	thalpaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	thalpasōr	thalpasar	thalpasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	thalpatōr	thalpatar	thalpatēr
ye 2nd person plural	thalpavōr	thalpavar	thalpavēr
they 3rd person plural	thalpalōr	thalpalar	thalpalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	thalpamoiō	thalpamoia
you 2nd person singular	thalpasoiō	thalpasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	thalpatoiō	thalpatoia
we 1st person plural	thalpanoiō	thalpanoia
ye 2nd person plural	thalpavoiō	thalpavoia
they 3rd person plural	thalpaloiō	thalpaloia

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	thalparō	thalpari	thalpara	thalparē

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	thalparōntos	thalparintos	thalparantos	thalparēntos

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

thalpstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

thalp 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

thalpatō“cherishes”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Ephesians 5:29… heautou sarkan misata, alla ektrefatō kai thalpatō autan, kathōs kai tos Christos tan …… own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the …

thalpateiō“cherishes”happening now · he/she/itpresent active subjunctive 3rd person singular1×

1 Thessalonians 2:7“cherishes”… en mese vu, hōs ean trofas thalpateiō teim heautau tekneim;… gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.