Strong G5162τροφός
nursing mother
- Transliteration
- trophos
- Pronunciation
- trof-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G5142; a nourisher that is nurse: - nurse.
Detailed definition
τροφός, -oῦ, ἡ
(τρέφω), [in LXX: Gen.35:8, 4Ki.11:2, 2Ch.22:11 Isa.49:23 (יָנַק) *;]
a nurse: 1Th.2:7.†
(AS)
(τρέφω), [in LXX: Gen.35:8, 4Ki.11:2, 2Ch.22:11 Isa.49:23 (יָנַק) *;]
a nurse: 1Th.2:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5162 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- nurse1
First verses
- 1 Thessalonians 2:7But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τροφός, ὁ
and ἡ, (τρέφω) feeder, rearer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”)] and always feminine of a nurse, φίλη τ. Εὐρύκλεια [LXX+5th c.BC+ (2.361, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.156, 6.61, LXX.Gen.35.8, “PCair.Zen.” 292.157 (3rd c.BC), “Glotta” 16.274 (from Egypt), 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.105, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.36, etc.; ἡ τ. βασιλέως “Sammelb.” 4980 (1st c.BC))]; of a mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 849.)] —The _masculine_ was usually τροφεύς (which see); but τροφός as masculine occurs in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 45, “El.” 409, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 268a, 268c.)]
2 metaphorically, of a city, Συράκοσαι, ἀνδρῶν ἵππων τε δαιμόνιαι τροφοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.2; Γῇ τε μητρί, φιλτάτῃ τροφῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 16; αἵματ᾽ ἐκποθένθ᾽ ὑπὸ χθονὸς τροφοῦ [prev. author] “Ch.” 66 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1092 (Lyric poetry), “OC” 760; μήτηρ ἁπάντων γαῖα καὶ κοινὴ τ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 617; νὺξ ἄστρων τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 54; τὴν γεωργίαν τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν μητέρα καὶ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.17, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 267d)]; of Miletus, τ. τοῦ.. Ἀπόλλωνος [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“SIG” 906 A5 (4th c.AD).)]
3 in neuter, τὸ τροφόν that which nourishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 289a.)]
4 τροφός, ἡ, name of a plaster, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 99.)]
II passive, nursling, τροφοί· ἀντὶ τοῦ θρέμματα (Meineke τροφαί), [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
and ἡ, (τρέφω) feeder, rearer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”)] and always feminine of a nurse, φίλη τ. Εὐρύκλεια [LXX+5th c.BC+ (2.361, +others, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.156, 6.61, LXX.Gen.35.8, “PCair.Zen.” 292.157 (3rd c.BC), “Glotta” 16.274 (from Egypt), 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.105, +others, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.36, etc.; ἡ τ. βασιλέως “Sammelb.” 4980 (1st c.BC))]; of a mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 849.)] —The _masculine_ was usually τροφεύς (which see); but τροφός as masculine occurs in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 45, “El.” 409, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 268a, 268c.)]
2 metaphorically, of a city, Συράκοσαι, ἀνδρῶν ἵππων τε δαιμόνιαι τροφοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.2; Γῇ τε μητρί, φιλτάτῃ τροφῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 16; αἵματ᾽ ἐκποθένθ᾽ ὑπὸ χθονὸς τροφοῦ [prev. author] “Ch.” 66 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1092 (Lyric poetry), “OC” 760; μήτηρ ἁπάντων γαῖα καὶ κοινὴ τ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 617; νὺξ ἄστρων τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 54; τὴν γεωργίαν τῶν ἄλλων τεχνῶν μητέρα καὶ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 5.17, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 267d)]; of Miletus, τ. τοῦ.. Ἀπόλλωνος [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“SIG” 906 A5 (4th c.AD).)]
3 in neuter, τὸ τροφόν that which nourishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 289a.)]
4 τροφός, ἡ, name of a plaster, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 99.)]
II passive, nursling, τροφοί· ἀντὶ τοῦ θρέμματα (Meineke τροφαί), [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]