γάλα
gala
“milk”
Definition
milk (figuratively)
of uncertain affinity;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Neuter)
G:N-N
Greek Noun, Neuter
Occurrences
γάλα appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
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