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Strong's H3243 יָנַק (yanaq)

Yanaq means “milch” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H3243
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 30
Books 15

Strong's H3243 Quick Answer

Strong's H3243 יָנַק (yanaq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yanaq (yaw-nak') v. 1. to suck 2. causatively, to give milk It has 30 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include suck, nurse, sucking, children, and she. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
yanaq (yaw-nak') v. 1. to suck 2. causatively, to give milk
Usage
30 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
suck, nurse, sucking, children, and she

Meaning and Definition

yanaq (yaw-nak') v. 1. to suck 2. causatively, to give milk [a primitive root] KJV: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).

Original Word
יָנַק
Transliteration
yanaq
Derivation
Root: ינק
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3243. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to suckle

Usage: 1) to suckle, nurse, suck 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to suck 1a2) suckling, babe (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to give suck to, nurse 1b2) nursing, nursing woman, nurse (participle)

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How Strong's H3243 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yanaq, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

suck Deuteronomy 32:13 11× nurse Exodus 2:7 sucking Numbers 11:12 children 1 Samuel 22:19 child Jeremiah 44:7 give Exodus 2:9 milch Genesis 32:15 mothers Isaiah 49:23 she Genesis 21:7 sucked Song of Solomon 8:1

How Strong's H3243 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 30 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3243 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3243 in the Old Testament

30 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 21:7 KJV

And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.

Genesis 24:59 KJV

And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

Genesis 32:15 KJV

Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

Usage Excerpts

First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3243.

Genesis 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
Genesis 24:59 Old Testament, KJV
And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
Genesis 32:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
Genesis 35:8 Old Testament, KJV
But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
Exodus 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
Exodus 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
Numbers 11:12 Old Testament, KJV
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?
Deuteronomy 32:13 Old Testament, KJV
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Deuteronomy 32:25 Old Testament, KJV
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
Deuteronomy 33:19 Old Testament, KJV
They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
1 Samuel 1:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
1 Samuel 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
1 Samuel 22:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
1 Kings 3:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
2 Kings 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
2 Chronicles 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
Job 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Job 20:16 Old Testament, KJV
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
Psalms 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Song of Solomon 8:1 Old Testament, KJV
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
Isaiah 11:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
Isaiah 49:23 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Isaiah 60:16 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 66:11 Old Testament, KJV
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Isaiah 66:12 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Jeremiah 44:7 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
Lamentations 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Lamentations 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Lamentations 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Joel 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3243, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Lamentations 3 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3243 FAQ

What does yanaq (יָנַק) mean?

Yanaq (Strong's H3243) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "milch". yanaq (yaw-nak') v. 1. to suck 2. causatively, to give milk

How many times is yanaq (יָנַק) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's H3243 across 15 books.

Where can I study yanaq (יָנַק) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3243 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yanaq (יָנַק)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as suck, nurse, sucking, children, she, and milch. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.