STRONGS NUMBER G2282


Word Summary
thalpō: to warm, to cherish
Original Word: θάλπω
Transliteration: thalpō
Phonetic Spelling: (thal'-po)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to warm, to cherish
Meaning: to warm, to cherish
Strong's Concordance
cherish.

Probably akin to thallo (to warm); to brood, i.e. (figuratively) to foster -- cherish.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2282: θάλπω

θάλπω;

1. properly, to warm, keep warm (Latinfoveo): Homer and following

2. like the Latinfoveo, equivalent to to cherish with tender love, to foster with tender care: Ephesians 5:29; 1 Thessalonians 2:7; ((Theocritus, 14, 38): Alciphron 2, 4; Antoninus 5, 1).