ektrepho describes providing for and bringing up one’s own body or children.

The two attested uses show ongoing provision and upbringing: one concerns a person’s own body, and the other addresses fathers’ treatment of their children.

1. Providing for and bringing up · dominant

   In Ephesians 5:29, the present active singular form occurs in the contrast with hating one’s own flesh; the APB renders the clause “but nourishes and cares for it.” In Ephesians 6:4, the present active plural form addresses fathers and places the action alongside “the discipline and admonition of the Lord”; the APB renders “but nourish them.”

   Ephesians 5:29Ephesians 6:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “nourishes” for the care of one’s own flesh in Ephesians 5:29 and “nourish” for fathers’ children in Ephesians 6:4. These renderings confirm the clauses’ overall presentation rather than isolate every nuance of the term.