NT-EPISTLES.filter - rwp thalpei:

rwp@Ephesians:5:29 @{Nourisheth} (\ektrephei\). Old compound with perfective sense of \ek\ (to nourish up to maturity and on). In N.T. only here and strkjv@6:4|. {Cherisheth} (\thalpei\). Late and rare word, once in a marriage contract in a papyrus. In N.T. only here and strkjv@1Thessalonians:2:7|. Primarily it means to warm (Latin _foveo_), then to foster with tender care as here. {Even as Christ also} (\kaths kai ho Christos\). Relative (correlative) adverb pointing back to \houts\ at the beginning of the sentence (verse 28|) and repeating the statement in verse 25|.