nurs, nursing: Nurse in the King James Version represents two different Hebrew words: In 8 passages (Gen 24:59; Gen 35:8; Exo 2:7 twice, 9; 2Ki 11:2; 2Ch 22:11; Isa 49:23) the word – noun or verb – renders some form of the verb , yanak, to suck. The feminine causative part. of this verb is commonly used to denote nurse or foster-mother. According to Exo 2:7 Moses’ mother – a nurse of the Hebrew women – became, at Pharaoh’s daughter’s request, the foster-mother of the foundling. Joash, the son of Ahaziah, was in charge of a nurse until he was 7 years old (2Ki 11:2; 2Ch 22:11). But it is obvious that the term was used in a more general way, e.g. of a lady’s maid or tire-woman. Rebekah was accompanied by her nurse when she left home to be married (Gen 24:59; Gen 35:8). In 5 passages (Num 11:12; Rth 4:16; 2Sa 4:4; Isa 49:23; Isa 60:4 the King James Version) nurse represents the Hebrew word, , ‘aman, to support, be faithful, nourish. The participle of this verb denoted a person who had charge of young children – a guardian or governess. Naomi took charge of Ruth’s child and became nurse unto it (Rth 4:16). In Num 11:12 Moses asks whether he has to take charge of the Israelites as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child. The same word is found in 2Ki 10:15 (the King James Version them that brought up, i.e. guardians of the sons of Ahab) and in Est 2:7 (the King James Version and he brought up, i.e. he (Mordecai) adopted, his niece). Deutero-Isa uses both terms together (Isa 49:23) to describe the exalted position of Israel in the future when foreign kings and queens will offer their services and wait upon the chosen people.<\/p>\n
In the solitary passage in the New Testament where nurse occurs, it renders the Greek word , trophos. In this case the word does not mean a hired nurse, but a mother who nurses her own children (1Th 2:7).<\/p>\n
Nurse, Nursing nurs, nursing: Nurse in the King James Version represents two different Hebrew words: In 8 passages (Gen 24:59; Gen 35:8; Exo 2:7 twice, 9; 2Ki 11:2; 2Ch 22:11; Isa 49:23) the word – noun or verb – renders some form of the verb , yanak, to suck. The feminine causative part. of this … Continue reading “Nurse, Nursing”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}