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יָנַק
yânaq · Hebrew · Strong's H3243 · 32 occurrences
The KJV renders 39 different Hebrew and Greek words as “give”
What it means
to suck; causatively, to give milk
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
milch, nurse, give, make to sucking child, ling
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“give”
also renders chorēgéō (G5524), pareisphérō (G3923), poiéō (G4160), martyréō (G3140), metadídōmi (G3330), dōréomai (G1433), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), symbouleúō (G4823), apodídōmi (G591), aponémō (G632), diatássō (G1299), anapaúō (G373), kataphérō (G2702), epidídōmi (G1929), paréchō (G3930), charízomai (G5483), diadídōmi (G1239), apodekatóō (G586), bîyn (H995), gâdal (H1431), dâbar (H1696), hâlal (H1984), hâphak (H2015), châlaq (H2505), chânan (H2603), yâhab (H3051), yᵉhab (H3052), yâṭab (H3190), yâʻats (H3289), mâʻaṭ (H4591), nûwach (H5117), ʻâbar (H5674), râbâh (H7235), râgaʻ (H7280), rûwm (H7311), sûwm (H7761), shâqaṭ (H8252)
“milch”
also renders ʻûwl (H5763)
Where it appears
32 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 30 verses shown.
1 Kings 3:21 HR/Vhc1 Samuel 1:23 HC/Vhw3fs1 Samuel 15:3 HVqrmsa1 Samuel 22:19 HVqrmsa2 Chronicles 22:11 HNcfsc/Sp3ms2 Kings 11:2 HNcfsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 32:13 HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3msDeuteronomy 32:25 HVqrmsaDeuteronomy 33:19 HVqi3mpExodus 2:7 HC/Vhi3fsExodus 2:9 HC/Vhv2fs/Sp3msGenesis 21:7 HVhp3fsGenesis 24:59 HVhrfsc/Sp3fsGenesis 32:15 HVhrfpaGenesis 35:8 HNcfscIsaiah 11:8 HVqrmsaIsaiah 49:23 HVhrfpc/Sp2fsIsaiah 60:16 HC/Vqq2fsIsaiah 66:11 HVqi2mpIsaiah 66:12 HC/Vqq2mpJeremiah 44:7 HC/VqrmsaJob 3:12 HVqi1csJob 20:16 HVqi3msJoel 2:16 HC/VqrmpcLamentations 2:11 HC/VqrmsaLamentations 4:3 HVhp3cpLamentations 4:4 HVqrmsaNumbers 11:12 HTd/VqrmsaPsalm 8:2 HC/VqrmpaSong of Solomon 8:1 HVqrmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.