ἘΘΗΛΑΣΑΝ, ἐθηλασαν
ETHĒLASAN, ethēlasan
Sounds Like: eh-thay-LAH-san
Translations: they sucked, they nursed, they gave suck
From the root: ΘΗΛΑΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to suckle, to nurse, or to give suck. It is typically used to describe the act of an infant or young animal feeding from a breast or teat, or more broadly, drawing nourishment from something. It can also refer to the act of providing nourishment by suckling.
Inflection: Aorist Active Indicative, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2337 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΗΛΑΖΩ.
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.
- ἘΘΗΛΑΖΕΝ — was nursing, was suckling, was giving suck
- ἘΘΗΛΑΣΑ — I suckled, I nursed, I gave suck
- ἘΘΗΛΑΣΑΣ — you nursed, you sucked, you gave suck
- ἘΘΗΛΑΣΕΝ — suckled, nursed, gave suck
- ΕΘΗΛΑΣΑ — I suckled, I nursed, I gave suck
- ΕΘΗΛΑΣΑΣ — you sucked, you nursed, you gave suck, you suckled
- ΘΗΛΑΖΕΙ — suckles, nurses, gives suck
- ΘΗΛΑΖΟΝ — sucking, nursing, being nursed, a sucking one, a nursing one
- ΘΗΛΑΖΟΝΤΑ — suckling, nursing, a suckling, a nursing child
- ΘΗΛΑΖΟΝΤΟΣ — of a nursing child, of a suckling, of one who nurses, of one who sucks
- ΘΗΛΑΖΟΝΤΩΝ — of those who suckle, of nursing infants, of suckling children
- ΘΗΛΑΖΟΤΑ — sucking, nursing, suckling, nursing child, infant
- ΘΗΛΑΖΟΥΣΑΙ — nursing, suckling, breastfeeding
- ΘΗΛΑΖΟΥΣΑΙΣ — nursing, suckling, breastfeeding, those who are nursing, those who are suckling, those who are breastfeeding
- ΘΗΛΑΖΟΥΣΑΣ — nursing, suckling, giving suck, breastfeeding
- ΘΗΛΑΖΟΥΣΕΣ — nursing, suckling, those who are nursing, those who are suckling
- ΘΗΛΑΖΩ — to suckle, to nurse, to give suck, to breastfeed
- ΘΗΛΑΖΩΝ — suckling, nursing, one who sucks, a suckling
- ΘΗΛΑΣΑΙ — to nurse, to suckle, to give suck
- ΘΗΛΑΣΑΣΑΝ — having nursed, having suckled, who nursed, who suckled
- ΘΗΛΑΣΕΙ — will suck, will suckle, will nurse, will give suck
- ΘΗΛΑΣΕΙΕΝ — to suckle, to nurse, to give suck
- ΘΗΛΑΣΕΙΣ — you will suckle, you will nurse, you will be nursed
- ΘΗΛΑΣΗΤΑΙ — they suckle, they are suckling, they are nursing, they are being nursed
- ΘΗΛΑΣΗΤΕ — you may suck, you may nurse, you may suckle
- ΘΗΛΑΣΟΝ — suckle, nurse, give suck
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