Dictionary entry

γάλα

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

γάλα, -ακτος, τό

[in LXX for חלב;]

milk: I Co 9:7. Metaph., of elementary Christian teaching: I Co 3:2, He 5:12, 13; τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γ., the rational (spiritual) genuine milk (v. Hort, in l.), I Pe 2:2 (in support of AV, milk of the word, v. ICC, in l.).†