τρέφω; 1 aorist ἔθρεψα; passive, present τρέφομαι; perfect participle τεθραμμένος; from Homer down; to nourish, support; to feed: τινα, Mat_6:26; Mat_25:37; Luk_12:24; Act_12:20; Rev_12:6; Rev_12:14; to give suck, Luk_23:29 L T Tr WH; to fatten, Jas_5:5 (here A. V. nourish). to bring up, nurture, Luk_4:16 (here T WH marginal reading ἀνατρέφω) (1Ma_3:33 1Ma_11:39, and often in secular authors). (Compare: ἀνατρέφω, ἐκτρέφω, ἐντρέφω.)

τρέφω trephō 9x to nourish; to feed, support, cherish, provide for,

τρέφω , [in LXX for H2421 hi ., H1431 pi ., H398 hi ., etc.;] 1. to make to grow, bring up, rear ( cl .; 1Ma_3:33 ; 1Ma_11:39 ): Luk_4:16 ( T , WH , mg ., ἀνατ -) 2. to nourish, feed: Mat_6:26 ; Mat_25:37 , Luk_12:24 , Act_12:20 , Rev_12:6 ; Rev_12:14 ; of a mother, to give suck , Luk_23:29 ; of animals, to fatten ( Jer_26:21 ( Jer_46:21 ), fig ., Jas_5:5 ( cf. ἀνα -, ἐκ -, ἐν -τρέφω ).†

τρέφω [page 641] nourish, feed. In P Eleph 2 .11 (B.C. 285 4) provision is made for the maintenance of parents by their sons τρεφέτωσαν αὐτοὺς οἱ υἱεῖς πάντες κοινῆι . Cf. PSI VI. 596 .4 (iii/B.C.) ἀφ᾽ οὗ τε γεγόναμ̣ε̣ν ἐν Φιλαδελφέαι σὺ ἡμᾶς τέτρεφας , ib . 604 .12 (iii/B.C.) τέ ?]τροφα τοὺς ἵππους , P Oxy II. 275 .14 (contract of apprenticeship A.D. 66) τοῦ παιδὸς τρεφομένου καὶ ἱματινσύζομένου ἐπὶ τὸν ὅλον χρόνον , the boy is to be fed and clothed during the whole period, ib . VI. 908 .24 (A.D. 199) τρεφόντων ὑμῶν τὰ [κ ]τήνη χόρτῳ τε καὶ κριθῇ , and P Lips I. 28 .18 (deed of adoption A.D. 381) ὅνπερ θρέψω καὶ ἱματίζω ( l . ἱματίσω ) εὐγενῶς καὶ γνησίως ὡς υἱὸν γνήσιον καὶ φυσικὸν ὡς ἐξ ἐ [μ ]οῦ γενόμενον . For the meaning give suck, as in Luk_23:29 , see P Ryl II. 178 .5 (agreement with a nurse early i/A.D.) τοῦτο θρέψει ἐπὶ τὸν ἐνλείψοντα χρόνον , she shall nurse it for the rest of the time. In P Oxy XII. 1415 .22 (late iii/A.D.) μέτριός εἰμι , παρὰ πατρὶ τρέφομα [ι , the editors render, I am a man of moderate means, I live in my father s house.

τρέφω "to thicken or congeal" a liquid, γάλα θρέψαι "to curdle" it. Od. ; τυρὸν τρέφειν Theocr. :—Pass., with intr. perf. act. τέτροφα, "to become firm", περὶ χροῒ τέτροφεν ἄλκη Od. "to make to grow or increase, to bring up, breed, rear", Hom. , etc.; c. acc. cogn., τρ. τινὰ τροφήν τινα "to bring up" in a certain way, Hdt. :—Mid. "to rear for oneself", Od. , etc.:—Pass. "to reared, grow up", Hom. ; κάρτιστοι τράφεν ἄνδρες "grew up" the strongest men, Il. ; ἐξ ὅτου 'τράφην ἐγώ from the time when I "left the nursery", Ar. ; μιᾶς τρέφει πρὸς νυκτός, i. e. art a child of night, Soph. of slaves, horses, dogs and the like, "to rear and keep" them, Hom. , etc.; τρ. παιδαγωγούς Aeschin. ; τρ. γυναῖκα Eur. ;—metaph., αἰγιαλὸν ἔνδον τρέφει "he keeps" quite a sea-beach in the house, Ar. :—Pass. "to bred, reared", Soph. "to let grow, cherish, foster", χαίτην τρέφε Il. ; τρ. ὑπήνην Ar. ; τρ. κόμην ῀ κομᾶν, Hdt. ;—also, τάδ᾽ ὕεσσι τρέφει ἀλοιφήν this is what "puts" fat "on" swine, Od. of earth and sea, "to produce, teem with", χθὼν τρέφει φάρμακα id=Od. ; θάλασσα τρέφουσα πορφύραν Aesch. "to have within oneself, to contain, keep, have", ὅ τι πόλις τέτροφεν ἄφιλον Soph. ; τρέφειν τὴν γλῶσσαν ἡσυχωτέραν "to keep" his tongue more quiet, id=Soph. ; νόσον τρ. id=Soph. ; οἵας λατρείας τρέφει what services "she constantly performs", id=Soph. "maintain, support", τρ. Ἥλιος χθονὸς φύσιν Aesch. ; τρ. τὸν πατέρα Aeschin. : esp. "to maintain" an army or navy, Thuc. , Xen. aor2 act. in intr. sense, ἔτραφον = pass. ἐτράφην, ὃς ἔτραφ᾽ ἄριστος Il. ; τραφέμεν (ionic for τραφεῖν) Hom. so perf. τέτροφα, v. supr. I.

τρέφω [in LXX for חָיָה hi., גָּדַל pi., אָכַל hi., etc. ;] __1. to make to grow, bring up, rear (cl.; 1Ma.3:33 1Mac 11:39): Luk.4:16 (T, WH, mg., ἀνατ-) __2. to nourish, feed: Mat.6:26 25:37, Luk.12:24, Act.12:20, Rev.12:6, 14; of a mother, to give suck, Luk.23:29; of animals, to fatten (Jer.26:21 (Jer.46:21), figuratively, Jas.5:5 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐκ-, ἐν-τρέφω).† (AS)