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Lexicon :: Strong's G5142 - trephō

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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

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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 Box Mat 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26 - “Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:16 - So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:24 - “Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:29 - “For indeed the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, wombs that never bore, and breasts which never nursed!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king’s country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:5 - You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury; you have fattened your hearts as[fn] in a day of slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:6 - Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:14 - But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
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