Strong G5172τρυφή

self-indulgence

Transliteration
truphē
Pronunciation
troo-fay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From θρύπτω thruptō̄ (to break up or [figuratively] enfeeble especially the mind and body by indulgence);
effeminacy that is luxury or debauchery: - delicately riot.

Detailed definition

τρυφή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for עָדַן;]
softness, daintiness, luxuriousness: Luk.7:25, 2Pe.2:13.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5172 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • delicately1
  • riot1

First verses

  1. Luke 7:25
    But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.
  2. 2 Peter 2:13
    And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τρῠφ-ή, ἡ,
(θρύπτω) softness, delicacy, daintiness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 892.4, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 900e, etc.)]; στολίδος κροκόεσσαν.. τρυφάν (sic to be read pro στολίδα.. τρυφᾶς) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1491 (Lyric poetry))]: plural, luxuries, daintinesses, τ. Τρωϊκαί [Refs ([prev. author] “Or.” 1113)]; τρυφὰς τοιάσδε [τρυφᾶν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ba.” 970; αἱ ἄγαν τ. [prev. author] “fragment” 54.2; εἰς πλούτους ἀποβλέψαι καὶ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus1.122c, compare “Lg.” 637e.)]
II luxuriousness, wantonness, τῶν γυναικῶν ἡ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 387)]; τ. καὶ ἀκολασία, τ. καὶ μαλθακία, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 492c, “R.” 590b; ἡ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τ. NT.2Pet.2.13; ὑπερτεταμένη τ. 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.54: personified, Τρυφῆς πρόσωπον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 973 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 230.3.)]
III daintiness, fastidiousness, ὑπὸ τρυφῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 818; ὕβρις ταῦτ᾽ ἐστὶ καὶ πολλὴ τ. [prev. author] “Ra.” 21, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 525a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1295b17.)]