Lexicon trephó: to make to grow, to nourish, feed Original Word: τρέφωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: trephó Phonetic Spelling: (tref'-o) Short Definition: I feed, rear Definition: I feed, nourish; I bring up, rear, provide for. HELPS word-Studies 5142 tréphō (from 5160 /trophḗ, "food") – properly, enlarge, fully develop because adequately nourished (fed); (figuratively) to bring (or experience) "personal enlargement," i.e. spiritual development from being properly fed (nourished, taken care of). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. verb Definitionto make to grow, to nourish, feed NASB Translationbrought (1), fattened (1), fed (1), feed (1), feeds (2), nourished (2), nursed (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5142: τρέφωτρέφω; 1 aorist ἔθρεψα; passive, present τρέφομαι; perfect participle τεθραμμένος; from Homer down; to nourish, support; to feed: τινα, Matthew 6:26; Matthew 25:37; Luke 12:24; Acts 12:20; Revelation 12:6, 14; to give suck, Luke 23:29 L T Tr WH; to fatten, James 5:5 (here A. V. nourish). to bring up, nurture, Luke 4:16 (here T WH marginal reading ἀνατρέφω) (1 Macc. 3:33 1 Macc. 11:39, and often in secular authors). (Compare: ἀνατρέφω, ἐκτρέφω, ἐντρέφω.)
Strong's bring up, feed, nourish. A primary verb (properly, threpho; but perhaps strengthened from the base of trope through the idea of convolution); properly, to stiffen, i.e. Fatten (by implication, to cherish (with food, etc.), pamper, rear) -- bring up, feed, nourish. see GREEK trope |
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