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Lexicon :: Strong's G5142 - trephō

Aa
τρέφω
Transliteration
trephō (Key)
Pronunciation
tref'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary verb (properly, threpho; but perhaps strength. from the base of τροπή (G5157) through the idea of convolution)
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Strong’s Definitions

τρέφω tréphō, tref'-o; a primary verb (properly, τρέφω tréphō; but perhaps strengthened from the base of G5157 through the idea of convolution); properly, to stiffen, i.e. fatten (by implication, to cherish (with food, etc.), pamper, rear):—bring up, feed, nourish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G5142 in the following manner: feed (4x), nourish (3x), bring up (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G5142 in the following manner: feed (4x), nourish (3x), bring up (1x).

  1. to nourish, support

  2. feed

  3. to give suck, to fatten

  4. to bring up, nurture

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τρέφω tréphō, tref'-o; a primary verb (properly, τρέφω tréphō; but perhaps strengthened from the base of G5157 through the idea of convolution); properly, to stiffen, i.e. fatten (by implication, to cherish (with food, etc.), pamper, rear):—bring up, feed, nourish.
STRONGS G5142:
τρέφω; 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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:26; 25:37
Luke
4:16; 12:24; 23:29
Acts
12:20
James
5:5
Revelation
12:6; 12:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5142 matches the Greek τρέφω (trephō),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26 - “Look G1689 at the birds G4071 of the sky G3772, that they do not sow G4687, nor G3761 reap G2325, nor G3761 gather G4863 crops into barns G596, and yet your heavenly G3770 Father G3962 feeds G5142 them. Are you not much G3123 more G1308 important G1308 than they?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - “Then G5119 the righteous G1342 will answer G611 Him, ‘Lord G2962, when G4219 did we see G3708 You hungry G3983, and feed G5142 You, or G2228 thirsty G1372, and give G4222 You something to G4222 drink G4222?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:16 -

And He came G2064 to Nazareth G3478, where G3757 He had been G1510 brought G5142 up G5142; and as was His custom G1486, He entered G1525 the synagogue G4864 on the Sabbath G4521, and stood G450 up G450 to read G314.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:24 - “Consider G2657 the ravens G2876, that they neither G3777 sow G4687 nor G3777 reap G2325; they have no G3756 storeroom G5009 nor G3761 barn G596, and yet God G2316 feeds G5142 them; how G4214 much G4214 more G3123 valuable G1308 you are than the birds G4071!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29 - “For behold G2400, days G2250 are coming G2064 when G1722 G3739 they will say G3004, ‘Blessed G3107 are those G3588 who cannot G4723 bear G4723, and the wombs G2836 that have not given G1080 birth G1080, and the breasts G3149 that have not nursed G5142.’

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Now G1161 he was very G2371 angry G2371 with the people of Tyre G5183 and Sidon G4606; and with one G3661 mind G3661 they came G3918 to him, and having won G3982 over G3982 Blastus G986 the king’s G935 chamberlain G1909 G2846, they were asking G154 for peace G1515, because G1223 their country G5561 was supported G5142 with grain from the king’s G937 country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:5 - You have [fn]lived G5171 for G5171 pleasure G5171 on the earth G1093 and lived G4684 luxuriously G4684; you have [fn]fattened G5142 your hearts G2588 in a day G2250 of slaughter G4967.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:6 - Then G2532 the woman G1135 fled G5343 into the wilderness G2048 where G3699 she *had G2192 a place G5117 prepared G2090 by God G2316, so G2443 that G2443 there G1563 [fn]she would be nourished G5142 for 1,260 G5507 G1250 G1835 days G2250.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But the two G1417 wings G4420 of the great G3173 eagle G105 were given G1325 to the woman G1135, so G2443 that G2443 she could fly G4072 into the wilderness G2048 to her place G5117, where G3699 she *was nourished G5142 for a time G2540, times G2540, and half G2255 a time G2540, away G575 from the presence G4383 of the serpent G3789.
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