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: RAE, “destetar”