| Lexical Summary thalpō: to warm, to cherishOriginal Word: θάλπω Transliteration: thalpō Phonetic Spelling: (thal'-po) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to warm, to cherish Meaning: to warm, to cherish Strong's Concordancecherish. Probably akin to thallo (to warm); to brood, i.e. (figuratively) to foster -- cherish. Thayer's Greek LexiconSTRONGS NT 2282: θάλπω θάλπω; 1. properly, to warm, keep warm (Latinfoveo): Homer and following 2. like the Latinfoveo, equivalent to to cherish with tender love, to foster with tender care: Ephesians 5:29; 1 Thessalonians 2:7; ((Theocritus, 14, 38): Alciphron 2, 4; Antoninus 5, 1). | 



