Word

ἀνατρέφω

anatréphō · G397 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to raise, to rear, to bring up

To raise a child to maturity by providing for physical and psychological needs

Examples
Acts 7:20 “At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful to God. He was nurtured for three months in his father’s home.
Acts 7:21 “And after he had been put outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and nurtured him as her own son.
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

Examples
Acts 22:3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ὅςwho, which, that 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

To or for whomIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

εἰςto+ υἱόςson 1
ἐνin+ οἶκοςhouse, household 1
ἐνin+ πόλιςcity 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To be taught by, to be educated under the direction of33.232: In Acts 22:3, Paul describes himself as “a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up (anatethramménos) in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the Law of our fathers,” naming his formal instruction under a particular teacher.
To raise, to rear, to bring up35.51: In Acts 7:21, Stephen recounts that after the infant Moses was exposed, “Pharaoh's daughter took him away and nurtured him (anethrépsato) as her own son,” describing her rearing him from infancy.

Word family 10 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

τρέφω tréphō · G5142 · to provide food for, to give food to someone to eat, to take care of · 9×τροφή trophḗ · G5160 · food · 16×ἀνατρέφωanatréphō · G397Τρόφιμος Tróphimos · G5161 · nutritive; Trophimus, a Christian · 3×ἐκτρέφω ektréphō · G1625 · to provide food for, to give food to someone to eat, to raise · 2×διατροφή diatrophḗ · G1305 · food · 1×ἐντρέφω entréphō · G1789 · to train, to teach · 1×θρέμμα thrémma · G2353 · livestock, cattle · 1×σύντροφος sýntrophos · G4939 · foster brother or foster sister, close friend, intimate friend · 1×τροφός trophós · G5162 · nursemaid, nurse (in the British, not American, sense) · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 2 aorist passive ἀνετράφην; perfect passive participle ἀνατεθραμμένος; 1 aorist middle…

: 2 aorist passive ἀνετράφην; perfect passive participle ἀνατεθραμμένος; 1 aorist middle ἀνεθρεψάμην; to nurse up, nourish up (German aufnähren,auffüttern); properly, of young children and animals nourished to promote their growth (Xenophon, mem. 4, 3, 10, etc.; Wis. 7:4); to bring up: Lk 4:16 T WH marginal reading; Acts 7:20f; with the predominant idea of forming the mind, Acts 22:3 (4 Macc. 10:2, and often in Greek writings). Cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part iii., p. 4.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Teach1 occurrence Rear, Bring Up2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0