1. (v. t.) To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.

2. (v. t.) To support; to maintain.

3. (v. t.) To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.

4. (v. t.) To cherish; to comfort.

5. (v. t.) To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.

6. (v. i.) To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.

7. (v. i.) To gain nourishment.

8. (n.) A nurse.

NOURISH

nur'-ish (giddel, chiyyah, kilkel, ribbah; trepho, anatrepho, ektrepho, entrepho): While the word "nourish" was ordinarily an appropriate rendering in the time of the King James Version, the word has since become much less frequent, and some senses have largely passed out of ordinary use, so that the meaning would now in most cases be better expressed by some other word. Giddel means "to bring up," "rear (children)" (Isaiah 1:2, margin "made great"; Isaiah 23:4 Daniel 1:5); "cause (a tree) to grow" (Isaiah 44:14). Chiyyah means "to preserve alive" (with some implication of care) (2 Samuel 12:3 Isaiah 7:21, the American Standard Revised Version "keep alive"). Kilkal means "to support," "maintain" "provide for" (especially with food) (Genesis 45:11; Genesis 47:12; Genesis 50:21). Ribbah means "to bring up," "rear (whelps)," in a figurative use Ezekiel 19:2). Trepho means "to feed" (transitively) (Acts 12:20, the Revised Version (British and American) "feed"; Revelation 12:14); "to fatten" (James 5:5, the context indicating an unfavorable meaning). Anatrepho is "to bring up," "rear," like giddel (Acts 7:20, 21); ektrepho is "to take care of" (Ephesians 5:29); entrepho means "to bring up in," "train in" (1 Timothy 4:6).

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1625. ektrepho -- to bring up to maturity, to nourish
... to bring up to maturity, to nourish. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ektrepho
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-tref'-o) Short Definition: I nourish, nurture, bring ...
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397. anatrepho -- to nurse up, nourish
... to nurse up, nourish. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anatrepho Phonetic Spelling:
(an-at-ref'-o) Short Definition: I rear, bring up Definition: I rear ...
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5142. trepho -- to make to grow, to nourish, feed
... to make to grow, to nourish, feed. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: trepho
Phonetic Spelling: (tref'-o) Short Definition: I feed, rear Definition: I feed ...
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1789. entrepho -- to train up
... to train up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: entrepho Phonetic Spelling:
(en-tref'-o) Short Definition: I nourish on, am educated in Definition: I nourish ...
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2282. thalpo -- to warm, hence to cherish
... to warm, hence to cherish. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: thalpo Phonetic
Spelling: (thal'-po) Short Definition: I cherish, nourish Definition: (properly ...
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1006. bosko -- to feed
... I feed, pasture. 1006 -- properly, (graze); (figuratively) nourish by feeding
people the Word of God (Jn 21:15,17). While 4166 () focuses ...
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5595. psomizo -- to feed with morsels
... to feed with morsels. From the base of psomion; to supply with bits, ie (generally)
to nourish -- (bestow to) feed. see GREEK psomion. (psomize) -- 1 Occurrence ...
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2421. chayah -- to live
... yaw') Short Definition: leave. keep leave, make alive, certainly, give promise
life, let, suffer to live, nourish up A primitive root ...
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7235. rabah -- to be or become much, many or great
... any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over,
take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous ...
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3557. kul -- to comprehend, contain
... figuratively, to maintain (in various senses) -- (be able to, can) abide, bear,
comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be ...
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2109. zun -- to feed
... root Definition to feed NASB Word Usage well-fed (1). feed. A primitive root; perhaps
properly, to be plump, ie (transitively) to nourish -- feed. 2108, 2109 ...
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1431. gadal -- to grow up, become great
... be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to...estate, + things),
grow(up),increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass ...
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Whether the Sacramental Species Can Nourish?
... OF THE ACCIDENTS WHICH REMAIN IN THIS SACRAMENT (EIGHT ARTICLES) Whether
the sacramental species can nourish? Objection 1: It seems ...
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In God's Name I Beseech You Let Prayer Nourish Your Soul as Your ...
... Chapter VIII In God's name I beseech you let prayer nourish your soul as
your meals nourish? In God's name I beseech you let prayer ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bounds/purpose in prayer/chapter viii in gods name.htm

Where Has Christ Promised that He Will as Certainly Feed and ...
... Lord's Day 28 Question 77 Where has Christ promised that he will as certainly feed
and nourish believers with his body and bleed, as they eat of this broken ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 77 where has christ.htm

Jerusalem
... the streets scaffolds set up against the walls by reason of defilement: nor in it
do they make chimneys, by reason of the smoke: nor do they nourish cocks in ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 21 jerusalem.htm

Election no Discouragement to Seeking Souls
... Elias is not sent to nourish and to be nourished by an Israelitish widow, but to
a poor idolatress across the border, the blessing of the prophet's company is ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/election no discouragement to seeking.htm

Reference to the Processes of Digestion and Nutrition.
... He wishes, and for the purpose He wishes; and, moreover, that they have not considered
the power and nature of each of the creatures that nourish or are ...
/.../chapter v reference to the processes.htm

On the End for which the Holy Eucharist was Instituted
... Eucharist? A. Christ instituted the Holy Eucharist: (1) To unite us to
Himself and to nourish our souls with His divine life. (2 ...
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Here Next Followeth the History of Moses
... To whom anon spake the sister of the child: Wilt thou, said she, that I go and call
thee a woman of the Hebrews that shall and may nourish this child? ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/here next followeth the history.htm

Remarks on the Creation of the World.
... For the Spirit is fine, and the water is fine, that the Spirit may nourish the water,
and the water penetrating everywhere along with the Spirit, may nourish ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter xiii remarks on the creation.htm

Exposition of the Details of the Miracle.
... that when Jesus takes each loaf"the Word"He extends it as far as He wills, and makes
it suffice for all whomsoever He desires to nourish), the disciples say ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/2 exposition of the details.htm

Nourish (16 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster;
as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. ...NOURISH. ...
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Nurse (23 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) Either one of the nurse sharks. 6. (vt) To nourish; to cherish; to foster.
7. (vt) To nourish at the breast; to suckle; to feed and tend, as an infant. ...
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Sustain (28 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions
to sustain an army. 4. (vt) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. ...
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Nourished (29 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Nourish. Multi-Version Concordance
Nourished (29 Occurrences). Matthew 25:37 Then shall ...
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Ash (4 Occurrences)
... British and American) FIR-TREE; the Revised Version, margin Ash): A maker of idols
"planteth a fir-tree (margin, "ash"), and the rain doth nourish it" (Isaiah ...
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Provide (74 Occurrences)
... Genesis 45:11 There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine;
lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have ...
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Nourishment (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition. 2. (n.)
That which serves to nourish; nutriment; food. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Nurture (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) That which nourishes; food; diet. 3. (vt) To feed; to nourish. 4. (vt) To
educate; to bring or train up. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NURTURE. ...
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Nursing (14 Occurrences)
... Samuel 4:4 Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 60:4 the King James Version) "nurse" represents
the Hebrew word, 'aman, "to support," "be faithful," "nourish." The participle ...
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Luxury (8 Occurrences)
... James 5:5 ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish
your hearts, as in a day of slaughter; (YLT RSV NIV). ...
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