Quick Definition
food, nourishment
Strong's Definition
nourishment (literally or figuratively); by implication, rations (wages)
Derivation: from G5142 (τρέφω);
KJV Usage: food, meat
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τροφή, τροφῆς, ἡ (τρέφω, 2 perfect τέτροφα), food, nourishment: Mat_3:4; Mat_6:25; Mat_10:10; Mat_24:45; Luk_12:23; Joh_4:8; Act_2:46; Act_9:19; Act_14:17; Acts 27:33 f, 36 , 38 ; Jas_2:15; of the food of the mind, i. e. the substance of instruction, Heb_5:12; Heb_5:14. (Tragg., Xenophon, Plato, and following; the Sept. for μΖηΖν, ΰΙλΖμ, ξΘζεο, etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τροφή trophē 16x
nourishment, food, Mat_3:4 ; Luk_12:23 ; Joh_4:8 ; Act_9:19 ; Jas_2:15 ;
provision, Mat_24:45 ;
sustenance, maintenance, Mat_10:10 ;
met. nourishment of the mind, of spiritual nourishment, Heb_5:12 ; Heb_5:14 food.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τροφή , -ῆς , ἡ
( < τρέφω ),
[in LXX for H3899 , H4202 , H400 , etc.;]
nourishment, food: Mat_3:4 ; Mat_6:25 ; Mat_10:10 ; Mat_24:45 , Luk_12:23 , Joh_4:8 , Act_2:46 ; Act_9:19 ; Act_14:17 ; Act_27:33-34 ; Act_27:36 ; Act_27:38 Jas_2:15 . Metaph .: Heb_5:12 ; Heb_5:14 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τροφή [page 643]
nourishment, food ( Mat_3:4 et saepe ) : cf. P Petr III. 46 (4) .3 (Ptol.) τῆς εἰς τὴν τροφὴν τῶν μόσχων ὀλύρας , rye for the food of calves, P Tebt I. 56 .8 ( c . B.C. 130 121) οὐκ ἔχομεν ἕως τῆς τροφῆς τ̣ω̣̑ν κτηνῶν ἡμῶν , we have not so much as food for our cattle (Edd.), P Ryl II. 229 .12 (A.D. 38) περὶ τῆς τροφῆς τῶν χοιριδίω (ν ), cf. .23 , P Fay 115 .5 (A.D. 101) ἀγόρασον ἡμῖν δύωι συνγευῆ χυρίδια εἰς τροφὴν εἰς ὖ (=οἶ )κον , buy us two pigs of a litter to keep at the house (Edd.), P Oxy IV. 705 .78 (A.D. 210 20) εἰς συνωνὴν χ [όρτ ]ου ἡ πρόσοδος κατατεθήσεται εἰς τροφὰς καὶ δ̣[απά ]νας . . ., for the purchase of hay, the revenue of which shall be devoted to the maintenance and support. . . (Edd.), P Tebt II. 600 .4 (iii/A.D.) ἀφ᾽ ὧν ] ἀναλίσκομεν εἰς τροφὰς καὶ θυσίας , P Oxy VI. 938 .2 (iii/iv A.D.) cited s.v . ἐνεδρεύω , and BGU IV. 1024 viii. 16 (iv/v A.D.) τῆς θυγατρός μου [τ ]ελευτησάσης , ἀπεστερήθην τῶν τροφῶν , when my daughter died, I was deprived of my means of support.
Ἡ τροφεία (not in LS 8 ) in the same sense occurs frequently in the nursing-contracts BGU IV. 1058, 1106 al . (B.C. 13), and for τὰ τροφεῖα in a similar connexion see ib . I. 297 .12 (A.D. 50) where a nurse acknowledges that she has received τὰ τροφεῖα καὶ τὰ ἔλαια καὶ τὸν ἱματισμὸν καὶ τἆλλα ὅσα καθήκει δίδοσ̣θαι τροφω̣̑ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
τροφή τροφή, ἡ, [Etym: τρέφω] "nourishment, food, victuals", Hdt. , Soph. , etc.; ἡ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν τρ. one's daily "bread", Thuc. ; τροφὴν παρέχειν to furnish "provisions, forage", id=Thuc. βίου τροφή or τροφαί "a way" of life, "livelihood, living", Soph. ; so, τροφή alone, δουλίαν ἕξειν τροφήν id=Soph. ; then, simply, "a mode of life, life", Plat. "that which provides sustenance", as the bow of Philoctetes, Soph. "nurture, rearing, bringing up", Hdt. , Trag. ; in pl., ἐν τροφαῖσιν "while in the nursery", Aesch. , etc. "education", Eur. , etc. sometimes, in Poets, "a brood", νέα τροφή, of young people, Soph. ; ἀρνῶν τροφαί, i. e. young lambs, Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τροφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(τρέφω), [in LXX for לֶחֶם, מָזוֹן, אֹכֶל, etc. ;]
nourishment, food: Mat.3:4 6:25 10:10 24:45, Luk.12:23, Jhn.4:8, Act.2:46 9:19 14:17 27:33-34, 36 27:38 Jas.2:15. Metaphorical: Heb.5:12, 14.†
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