γάλαgála
milk (figuratively)
Greek (New Testament) · G1051
Meanings
milk: 1 Corinthians 9:7. Metaph., of elementary Christian teaching: 1 Corinthians 3:2, Hebrews 5:12, Hebrews 5:13; τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γ., the rational (spiritual) genuine milk, 1 Peter 2:2 (in support of AV, milk of the word, see ICC, in l.).
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 3:2 I had to feed you with milk, not with solid food, because you weren’t ready for anything stronger. And you still aren’t ready,
- 1 Corinthians 9:7 What soldier has to pay his own expenses? What farmer plants a vineyard and doesn’t have the right to eat some of its fruit? What shepherd cares for a flock of sheep and isn’t allowed to drink some of the milk?
- Hebrews 5:12 You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food.
- Hebrews 5:13 For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right.
- 1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment,
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.