Word Summary
teknotropheō: to rear children
Original Word: τεκνοτροφέωTransliteration: teknotropheō
Phonetic Spelling: (tek-not-rof-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rear children
Meaning: to rear children
Strong's Concordance
bring up children.
From a compound of teknon and trepho; to be a childrearer, i.e. Fulfil the duties of a female parent -- bring up children.
see GREEK teknon
see GREEK trepho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5044: τεκνοτροφέωτεκνοτροφέω,
τεκνοτρόφω: 1 aorist
ἐτεκνοτρόφησα; (
τεκνοτροφος, and this from
τέκνον and
τρέφω);
to bring up children:
1 Timothy 5:10. (
φέρει ὑδδορ,
ὅταν τεκνοτροφη, namely, the bee,
Aristotle, h. a. 9, 40 (27), 14 (p. 625{b}, 20).)