2001 Translation

GALAKTI, galakti

Sounds Like: ga-LAK-tee

Translations: to milk, for milk, with milk, in milk

From the root: ΓΑΛΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to milk, often used metaphorically in the New Testament to describe basic spiritual teaching, much like a baby needs milk before solid food. It is the dative singular form of the noun 'γάλα'. It can be used to indicate the recipient of something, the instrument by which something is done, or the location/state of something.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G1050 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 6:17

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• Song of Solomon — 5:12
• Job — 29:6
• Epistle of Barnabas — 6:17

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 23:19, 34:26
• Deuteronomy — 14:20
• Song of Solomon — 5:12
• Job — 29:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΓΑΛΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΓΑΛΑ — milk
• ΓΑΛΑΙ — milk, a milk, (to) milk
• ΓΑΛΑΚΤ — milk, of milk
• ΓΑΛΑΚΤΟΣ — of milk, milk
• ΓΑΛΑΣ — milk, a milk

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