Lexical Definition

‎τροφός‎ trophós (trof-os') nursing mother ^G:N-F
from ‎τρέφω‎

nurse.

• a nourisher, i.e. nurse

Abbott-Smith

τροφός, -οῦ, ἡ (< τρέφω), [in LXX: Ge 35:8, IV Ki 11:2, II Ch 22:11 Is 49:23 (מֵינֶקֶת) * ;]
a nurse: I Th 2:7.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

τροφός, ὁ

and ἡ, (τρέφω) feeder, rearer, [Refs 8th c.BC+] and always feminine of a nurse, φίλη τ. Εὐρύκλεια [LXX+5th c.BC+]; of a mother, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —The _masculine_ was usually τροφεύς (which see); but τροφός as masculine occurs in [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 metaphorically, of a city, Συράκοσαι, ἀνδρῶν ἵππων τε δαιμόνιαι τροφοί [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Miletus, τ. τοῦ.. Ἀπόλλωνος [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__3 in neuter, τὸ τροφόν that which nourishes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 τροφός, ἡ, name of a plaster, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II passive, nursling, τροφοί· ἀντὶ τοῦ θρέμματα (Meineke τροφαί), [Refs 5th c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.35.8}