Lexical Definition
τροφή trophḗ (trof-ay') food G:N-F
from τρέφω
food, meat.
- nourishment (literally or figuratively)
- by implication, rations (wages)
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| τροφῆσ | food | Matt.6.25 • Luke.12.23 • Acts.27.36 • Heb.5.12 • Jas.2.15 |
| of food | Acts.2.46 • Acts.27.33 • Acts.27.34 | |
| provisions | Matt.10.10 | |
| with food | Acts.14.17 • Acts.27.38 | |
| τροφὴν | food | Matt.24.45 • Acts.9.19 |
| τροφὴ | food | Matt.3.4 • Heb.5.14 |
| τροφὰσ | food | John.4.8 |
| τροφήν | A nourishment | LXX.Ps.111.5 |
| his nourishment | LXX.2Chr.22.11 | |
| nourishment | LXX.Judg.8.5 • LXX.Job.36.31 • LXX.Ps.136.25 • LXX.Ps.146.7 • LXX.Prov.6.8 • LXX.Prov.30.25 | |
| provisions | LXX.Gen.49.27 | |
| their nourishment | LXX.Ps.65.9 • LXX.Ps.147.9 | |
| them nourishment | LXX.Ps.104.27 • LXX.Ps.145.15 | |
| τροφή | a nourishment | LXX.Dan.4.12 • LXX.Dan.4.21 |
| τροφάσ | of provisions | LXX.2Chr.11.23 |
Abbott-Smith
τροφή, -ῆς, ἡ (< τρέφω), [in LXX for לֶחֶם, מָזוֹן, אֹכֶל, etc. ;]
nourishment, food: Mt 3:4 6:25 10:10 24:45, Lk 12:23, Jo 4:8, Ac 2:46 9:19 14:17 27:33, 34, 36, 38, Ja 2:15. Metaph.: He 5:12, 14.†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 3:4 · 6:25 · 10:10 · 24:45 |
| Luke | 12:23 |
| John | 4:8 |
| Acts | 2:46 · 9:19 · 14:17 · 27:33 · 27:34 · 27:36 · 27:38 |
| Hebrews | 5:12 · 5:14 |
| James | 2:15 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
τροφή-ή, ἡ,
(τρέφω) nourishment, food, [NT+5th c.BC+]; the means of maintaining an army, provisions, forage, τροφήὴν παρέχειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 βίου τροφήαί way of life, livelihood, living, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τροφήή alone, δουλίαν ἕξειν τροφήήν [τροφήῆς [prev. author] “El.” 1183; τὰς ἐκ γῆς τ. ηὕρετο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 322a ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: then, simply, mode of life, δίκην τίνουσαι τῆς προτέρας τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 that which provides or procures sustenance, as the bow of Philoctetes, χερὶ πάλλων τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου τροφήάν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 a meal, τροφήαῖς τέτταρσιν ἐχρῶντο Philem.[Refs] cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II nurture, rearing, παιδία.. τρέφειν.. τροφήήν τινα τοιήνδε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν τροφήᾶς ἀμείβων variant in [τροφήῆς στερηθείς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 511; μητρὸς τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1377: frequently in \_plural\_, ἐν τροφήαῖσιν">Refs 5th c.BC+] while in the nursery, opposed to ἐφηβήσας, [τροφήαῖς [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 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκτίνων τροφήάς, much like{τροφήεῖα}, [τροφήῶν ἔλιπον “IG” 12(5).973 (from Tenos). ">Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 education, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 rearing or keeping of animals, [τροφήαῖς ἵππων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.16. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III sometimes in Poets for the concrete θρέμμα, brood, νέα τ. a new generation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, ἀρνῶν τροφήαί, i.e. young lambs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV a place in which animals are reared, ἰβίων τροφήαί [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.3.4