What does ἀνατρέφω (anatréphō) mean in the Bible?
ἀνατρέφω (anatréphō) is a Greek word meaning "to rear (physically or mentally)".
Greek · G397
ἀνατρέφω
To rear (physically or mentally)
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ἀνατρέφω G397
Pronunciation anatréphō
What does ἀνατρέφω (anatréphō) mean in the Bible?
ἀνατρέφω (anatréphō) is a Greek word meaning "to rear (physically or mentally)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G397?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include brought him up (1), raised (1), was nurtured (1).
Where does ἀνατρέφω (anatréphō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 7:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It brought him up 1× Acts 7:21
raised 1× Acts 22:3
was nurtured 1× Acts 7:20
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 7:20
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Acts 3
Source forms
ἀνατεθραμμένος 1x anatethrammenos Acts 22:3
ἀνεθρέψατο 1x anethrepsato Acts 7:21
ἀνετράφη 1x anetraphē Acts 7:20
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 7:21
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 7:20
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 22:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to rear (physically or mentally)
Source Gloss
to rear (physically or mentally)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to nurse up, nourish, educate, bring up: Luk.4:16, WΗ, mg., Act.7:20-21 22:3.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 7:20 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Passive Indicative
ἀνετράφη anetrafh
I rear, bring up
Read verse Acts 7:21 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Middle Indicative
ἀνεθρέψατο aneqreyato
I rear, bring up
Read verse Acts 22:3 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀνατεθραμμένος anateqrammenov
I rear, bring up
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 2 perfect 1
Voice
passive 2 middle 1
Mood
indicative 2 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀνατρέφω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain