Word Summary
trophē: nourishment, food
Original Word: τροφήTransliteration: trophē
Phonetic Spelling: (trof-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: nourishment, food
Meaning: nourishment, food
Strong's Concordance
food, meat.
From trepho; nourishment (literally or figuratively); by implication, rations (wages) -- food, meat.
see GREEK trepho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5160: τροφήτροφή,
τροφῆς,
ἡ (
τρέφω, 2 perfect
τέτροφα),
food, nourishment:
Matthew 3:4;
Matthew 6:25;
Matthew 10:10;
Matthew 24:45;
Luke 12:23;
John 4:8;
Acts 2:46;
Acts 9:19;
Acts 14:17;
Acts 27:33f, 36, 38;
James 2:15; of the food of the mind, i. e. the substance of instruction,
Hebrews 5:12, 14. (Tragg.,
Xenophon,
Plato, and following; the
Sept. for
לֶחֶם,
אֹכֶל,
מָזון, etc.)