Ephesians 5:29Mapped KJV word: cherisheth
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
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G2282 · thálpō · thal'-po · Greek
to brood, i.e. (figuratively) to foster
:--cherish.
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For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: