BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1580
ga.mal — to wean
1) to deal fully with, recompense 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to deal out to, do to 1a2) to deal bountifully with 1a3) to recompense, repay, requite 2) (Qal) to wean a child (Niphal) to be weaned 3) (Qal) to ripen, bear ripe (almonds)
31 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6267
at.tiq — ancient/taken
1) removed, weaned, old, ancient, taken away 1a) removed, weaned 1b) old, ancient Aramaic equivalent: at.tiq (עַתִּיק "ancient" H6268)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1577
ga.mul — Gamul
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.17 § Gamul = "weaned" a priest, the leader of the 22nd course in the service of the sanctuary
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6418
apogalaktizō — to wean
to wean
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Among the Hebrews children (whom it was customary for the mothers to nurse, Ex. 2:7-9; 1 Sam. 1:23; Cant. 8:1) were not generally weaned till they were three or four years old.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
