KJV dictionary & concordance
Giving sustaining care.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Numbers 11:12
Complete exact-word concordance
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Haue I conceiued all this people? haue I begotten them, that thou shouldest say vnto me, Cary them in thy bosome (as a nursing father beareth the sucking child) vnto the land which thou swarest vnto their fathers?
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queenes thy nursing mothers: they shall bow downe to thee with their face toward the earth, and licke vp the dust of thy feete, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that waite for me.
1611 marginal noteHeb. nourishers.
1611 marginal noteHeb. Princesses.
1611 marginal notePsal.72.9.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Numbers 11:12 directly compares a nursing father with one carrying a sucking child in his bosom; Isaiah names nursing fathers and mothers. Sustaining care is intrinsic to both.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Tending; nourishing at the breast; education; maintaining.
