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What Does “Wean” Mean in the Bible?

To stop nursing a child so that he begins to eat other foods.

Where it appears in the Bible

Genesis 21:8; 1 Samuel 1:23

What the Bible says

Genesis 21:8

And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.

1 Samuel 1:23

And Elcana her husband said to her: Do what seemeth good to thee, and stay till thou wean him: and I pray that the Lord may fulfill his word. So the woman stayed at home, and gave her son suck, till she weaned him.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

Source: Dictionary.com, “wean”

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