Greek Interlinear

1 Thessalonians 2:7 Interlinear

“But we were gentle among you even as cherisheth a nurse her children”

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1 Thessalonians 2 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	ἀλλ'	G235	But	properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations)
2	ἐγενήθημεν	G1096	we were	to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
3	ἤπιοι	G2261	gentle	properly, affable, i.e., mild or kind
4	ἐν	G1722	among	"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc
5	μέσῳ	G3319		middle (as an adjective or (neuter) noun)
6	ὑμῶν	G5216	you	of (from or concerning) you
7	ὡς	G5613	even as	which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
8	ἂν	G302	cherisheth	whatsoever
9	τροφὸς	G5162	a nurse	a nourisher, i.e., nurse
10	θάλπῃ	G2282		to brood, i.e., (figuratively) to foster
11	τὰ	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
12	ἑαυτῆς	G1438	her	(him- her-, it-, them-, my-, thy-, our-, your-)self (selves), etc
13	τέκνα	G5043	children	a child (as produced)

1 Thessalonians 2:7 (current)But we were gentle among you even as cherisheth a nurse her children