Quick Definition
nourishment, food
Strong's Definition
nourishment
Derivation: from a compound of G1223 (διά) and G5142 (τρέφω);
KJV Usage: food
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διατροφή, διατροφης ἡ (διατρέφω, to support), sustenance: 1Ti_6:8. (Xenophon, vect. 4, 49; Menander quoted in Stobaeus, floril. 61, 1 (vol. ii. 386, Gaisf. edition); Diodorus 19, 32; Epictetus ench. 12; Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 7; 4, 8, 21; often in Plutarch; 1Ma_6:49.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διατροφή diatrophē 1x
food, sustenance, 1Ti_6:8
διαυγής diaugēs 1x
translucent, transparent, Rev_21:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** δια -τροφή , ῆς , ἡ
( < διατρέφω , to support, sustain ),
[in LXX : 1Ma_6:49 * ;]
food, nourishment: 1Ti_6:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διατροφή [page 156]
διατροφή is found, as in 1Ti_6:8 , in P Oxy II. 275 .19 (a contract of apprenticeship A.D. 66) εἰς λόγον διατροφῆς δραχμὰς πέντε , on account of his keep five drachmas, III. 494 .16 (a will = A.D. 156) ἡ δ᾽ αὐτὴ γυνή μου χορηγήσει τῷ υἱῷ μου Δείῳ εἰς δ̣[ι ]α̣[τρο ]φὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἄλλην δαπάνην κτλ ., my said wife shall supply to my son Dius for his sustenance and other expenses etc. (Edd.), ib. 497 .8 (a marriage contract early ii/A.D.) χορηγείτω ὁ αὐτὸς Θέων τοῖς τέκνοις τὰ πρὸς τὴν διατροφήν , BGU I. 321 .7 (A.D. 216) τὰ εἰς διατροφὴν ἀποκείμενα σειτάρια , etc. For the verb, as in Jdt_5:10 , cf. P Oxy III. 638 (A.D. 112) ἐπὶ τὸν τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῆς χρόνον ἐφ᾽ ὃν καὶ διατρέφειν ἡμᾶς αὐτήν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
διατροφή διατροφή, ἡ, (n diatrof h_hs suff_acc fem ) [Etym: διατρέφω] "sustenance, support", Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δια-τροφή, ῆς, ἡ
(διατρέφω, to support, sustain), [in LXX: 1Ma.6:49 * ;]
food, nourishment: 1Ti.6:8.†
(AS)
📖 In-Depth Word Study
Food (1305) diatrophe
Food (1305) (diatrophe from diatrepho =to maintain,<> diá = an intensifier + trépho = to nourish) is used only here in the NT (one use 1Macc 6:49) and from the meaning of the root verb diatrepho gives us the sense of that which sustains, maintains, nourishes, or supports the body. Sustenance. Nourishment. Means of subsistence suggests that it may have a broader sense than just food, though that is doubtless the primary idea.
Mouton and Milligan record that diatrophe is found in a papyrus contract of apprenticeship from Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, and dated A.D. 66—perhaps the very year that 1 Timothy was written—this word occurs in the sense of board and room. Five drachmas was to be paid for the boy's "keep" (Vocabulary of the Greek Testament, page 156).
A well-filled stomach is indeed a great thing
—all else is luxury.