Quick Definition
I bring up children
Strong's Definition
to be a childrearer, i.e. fulfil the duties of a female parent
Derivation: from a compound of G5043 (τέκνον) and G5142 (τρέφω);
KJV Usage: bring up children
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τεκνοτροφέω, τεκνοτρόφω: 1 aorist ἐτεκνοτρόφησα; (τεκνοτροφος, and this from τέκνον and τρέφω); to bring up children: 1Ti_5:10. (φέρει ὑδδορ, ὅταν τεκνοτροφη, namely, the bee, Aristotle, h. a. 9, 40 (27), 14 (p. 625{b} , 20).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τεκνοτροφέω teknotropheō 1x
to rear a family, 1Ti_5:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*τεκνο -τροφέω , -ῶ ,
to rear young (of bees, Arist .),
to bring up children: 1Ti_5:10 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τεκνοτροφέω [page 628]
With this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( 1Ti_5:10 ) = bring up children, cf. Epict. i. 23. 3 διὰ τί ἀποσυμβουλεύεις τῷ σοφῷ τεκνοτροφεῖν ;
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τεκνο-τροφέω, -ῶ
to rear young (of bees, Arist.),
to bring up children: 1Ti.5:10.†
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