“As” | ὡς | Which how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows) | As |
“newborn” | ἀρτιγέννητα | Just born, i.e., (figuratively) a young convert | newborn |
“babes,” | βρέφη | An infant (properly, unborn) literally or figuratively | babes |
“desire” | ἐπιποθήσατε | To dote upon, i.e., intensely crave possession (lawfully or wrongfully) | desire |
“the sincere” | ἄδολον | And G1388; undeceitful, i.e., (figuratively) unadulterated | sincere |
“milk” | γάλα | Milk (figuratively) | milk |
“of” | λογικὸν | Rational, logical | of |
“the” | τὸ | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
“word,” | λογικὸν | Rational, logical | word |
“that” | ἵνα | In order that (denoting the purpose or the result) | that |
“ye may grow” | αὐξηθῆτε | To grow ("wax"), i.e., enlarge (literal or figurative, active or passive) | grow |
“thereby:” | ἐν | "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc | thereby |