Genesis 21:7
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
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Suck
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Luke 23:29
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
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יָנַק
yânaq · yaw-nak'
13 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
to suck; causatively, to give milk
Strong's KJV usage: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 21:7Strong's last: Joel 2:16
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thēlázō · thay-lad'-zo
4 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to suckle, (by implication) to suck
Strong's KJV usage: :--(give) suck(-ling).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 24:19Strong's last: Luke 23:29
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H3243
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
H3243
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
H3243
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
H3243
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
H3243
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
H3243
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
H3243
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
no direct Strong's tag
Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
H3243
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
H3243
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
H3243
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
H3243
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
H3243
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
no direct Strong's tag
Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
H3243
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
G2337
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
G2337
But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
G2337
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
G2337
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
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suck
SUCK, verb transitive [Latin sugo.]
1. To draw with the mouth; to draw out, as a liquid from a cask, or milk from the breast; to draw into the mouth. To suck is to exhaust the air of the mouth or of a tube; the fluid then rushes into the mouth or tube by means of the pressure of the surrounding air.
2. To draw milk from with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother or dam, or the breast.
3. To draw into the mouth; to imbibe; as, to suck in air; to suck the juice of plants.
4. To draw or drain.
Old ocean suck'd through the porous globe.
5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to absorb.
6. To inhale.
To suck in, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.
To suck out, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction.
To suck up, to draw into the mouth.
SUCK, verb intransitive To draw by exhausting the air, as with the mouth, or with a tube.
1. To draw the breast; as, a child, or the young of any animal, is first nourished by sucking.
2. To draw in; to imbibe.
SUCK, noun The act of drawing with the mouth.
1. Milk drawn from the breast by the mouth.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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