Word Summary
tryphaō: to live luxuriously
Original Word: τρυφάωTransliteration: tryphaō
Phonetic Spelling: (troo-fah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to live luxuriously
Meaning: to live luxuriously
Strong's Concordance
revel, live in pleasure.
From truphe; to indulge in luxury -- live in pleasure.
see GREEK truphe
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5171: τρυφάωτρυφάω,
τρύφω: 1 aorist
ἐτρύφησα; (
τρυφή, which see);
to live delicately, live luxuriously, be given to a soft and luxurious life:
James 5:5. (
Nehemiah 9:25;
Isaiah 66:11;
Isocrates,
Euripides,
Xenophon,
Plato, and following) (Compare:
ἐντρυφάω. Synonym: cf.
Trench, § liv.)