Strong G5160τροφή
food
- Transliteration
- trophē
- Pronunciation
- trof-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G5142; nourishment (literally or figuratively); by implication rations (wages): - food meat.
Detailed definition
τροφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(τρέφω), [in LXX for לֶחֶם, מָזוֹן, אֹכֶל, etc.;]
nourishment, food: Mat.3:4 6:25 10:10 24:45, Luk.12:23, Jhn.4:8, Act.2:46 9:19 14:17 27:33-34, 36 27:38 Jas.2:15. Metaphorical: Heb.5:12, 14.†
(AS)
(τρέφω), [in LXX for לֶחֶם, מָזוֹן, אֹכֶל, etc.;]
nourishment, food: Mat.3:4 6:25 10:10 24:45, Luk.12:23, Jhn.4:8, Act.2:46 9:19 14:17 27:33-34, 36 27:38 Jas.2:15. Metaphorical: Heb.5:12, 14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5160 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- meat13
- food2
- of1
First verses
- Matthew 3:4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
- Matthew 10:10Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
- Matthew 24:45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
- Luke 12:23The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
- John 4:8(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
- Acts 2:46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
- Acts 9:19And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
- Acts 14:17Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
- Acts 27:33And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
- Acts 27:34Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
- Acts 27:36Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
- Acts 27:38And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
- Hebrews 5:12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
- Hebrews 5:14But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
- James 2:15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
τροφ-ή, ἡ,
(τρέφω) nourishment, food, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.48, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 32, 953, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5, NT.Matt.3.4, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.35, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 3.16, etc.; ἡ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀναγκαία τ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2)]; the means of maintaining an army, provisions, forage, τροφὴν παρέχειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.57, compare 6.93: _plural_, “OGI” 56.70 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC), etc.)]
2 βίου τροφαί way of life, livelihood, living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 338, 446)]; τροφή alone, δουλίαν ἕξειν τροφήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 499, compare “OC” 362; φεῦ τῆς ἀνύμφου.. σῆς τροφῆς [prev. author] “El.” 1183; τὰς ἐκ γῆς τ. ηὕρετο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 322a)]: then, simply, mode of life, δίκην τίνουσαι τῆς προτέρας τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 81d, compare 84b; βώμιοι τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 52.)]
3 that which provides or procures sustenance, as the bow of Philoctetes, χερὶ πάλλων τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου τροφάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1126 (Lyric poetry).)]
4 a meal, τροφαῖς τέτταρσιν ἐχρῶντο Philem.[Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)] cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.11d.)]
II nurture, rearing, παιδία.. τρέφειν.. τροφήν τινα τοιήνδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, compare 3)]; χάριν τροφᾶς ἀμείβων variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 729 (Lyric poetry); νέας τροφῆς στερηθείς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 511; μητρὸς τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1377: frequently in _plural_, ἐν τροφαῖσιν)] while in the nursery, opposed to ἐφηβήσας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 665; ἠνυτόμαν τροφαῖς [prev. author] “Ag.” 1159 (Lyric poetry); ὦ δυσάθλιαι τ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 330; αἱ ἐμαὶ τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1187; τ. δημόσιαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1361a36)]; ἐκτίνων τροφάς, much like{τροφεῖα}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 548; οἷς ὀδύνας ἀντὶ τροφῶν ἔλιπον “IG” 12(5).973 (from Tenos).)]
II.2 education, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 599 (_plural_); τ. τε καὶ παιδεία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.122b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1179b34, 1180a26, +others)]
II.3 rearing or keeping of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.65; τροφαῖς ἵππων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.16.)]
III sometimes in Poets for the concrete θρέμμα, brood, νέα τ. a new generation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 786 (Lyric poetry))]; of animals, ἀρνῶν τροφαί, i.e. young lambs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 189.)]
IV a place in which animals are reared, ἰβίων τροφαί [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 5.70, compare 62.19, +others (2nd c.BC), “PPetr.” 3p.221 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
(τρέφω) nourishment, food, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.48, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 32, 953, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5, NT.Matt.3.4, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.35, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 3.16, etc.; ἡ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀναγκαία τ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.2)]; the means of maintaining an army, provisions, forage, τροφὴν παρέχειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.57, compare 6.93: _plural_, “OGI” 56.70 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC), etc.)]
2 βίου τροφαί way of life, livelihood, living, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 338, 446)]; τροφή alone, δουλίαν ἕξειν τροφήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 499, compare “OC” 362; φεῦ τῆς ἀνύμφου.. σῆς τροφῆς [prev. author] “El.” 1183; τὰς ἐκ γῆς τ. ηὕρετο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 322a)]: then, simply, mode of life, δίκην τίνουσαι τῆς προτέρας τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Phd.” 81d, compare 84b; βώμιοι τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 52.)]
3 that which provides or procures sustenance, as the bow of Philoctetes, χερὶ πάλλων τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου τροφάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1126 (Lyric poetry).)]
4 a meal, τροφαῖς τέτταρσιν ἐχρῶντο Philem.[Refs (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”)] cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.11d.)]
II nurture, rearing, παιδία.. τρέφειν.. τροφήν τινα τοιήνδε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.2, compare 3)]; χάριν τροφᾶς ἀμείβων variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 729 (Lyric poetry); νέας τροφῆς στερηθείς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 511; μητρὸς τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1377: frequently in _plural_, ἐν τροφαῖσιν)] while in the nursery, opposed to ἐφηβήσας, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 665; ἠνυτόμαν τροφαῖς [prev. author] “Ag.” 1159 (Lyric poetry); ὦ δυσάθλιαι τ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 330; αἱ ἐμαὶ τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1187; τ. δημόσιαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1361a36)]; ἐκτίνων τροφάς, much like{τροφεῖα}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 548; οἷς ὀδύνας ἀντὶ τροφῶν ἔλιπον “IG” 12(5).973 (from Tenos).)]
II.2 education, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 599 (_plural_); τ. τε καὶ παιδεία 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.122b, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1179b34, 1180a26, +others)]
II.3 rearing or keeping of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.65; τροφαῖς ἵππων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.16.)]
III sometimes in Poets for the concrete θρέμμα, brood, νέα τ. a new generation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 786 (Lyric poetry))]; of animals, ἀρνῶν τροφαί, i.e. young lambs, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 189.)]
IV a place in which animals are reared, ἰβίων τροφαί [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 5.70, compare 62.19, +others (2nd c.BC), “PPetr.” 3p.221 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]