Quick Definition
I live a luxurious life
Strong's Definition
to indulge in luxury
Derivation: from G5172 (τρυφή);
KJV Usage: live in pleasure
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τρυφάω, τρύφω: 1 aorist ἐτρύφησα; (τρυφή, which see); to live delicately, live luxuriously, be given to a soft and luxurious life: Jas_5:5. (Neh_9:25; Isa_66:11; Isocrates, Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, and following) (Compare: ἐντρυφάω. Synonym: cf. Trench, § liv.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τρυφάω tryphaō 1x
to live self-indulgently, luxuriously, Jas_5:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τρυφάω , -ῶ
( < τρυφή ),
[in LXX : Neh_9:25 ( H5727 hithp .), Isa_66:11 ( H6026 hithp .), Sir_14:4 * ;]
to live daintily, luxuriously, to fare sumptuously: Jas_5:5 ( cf. ἐν -τρυφάω ).†
SYN.: σπαταλάω G4684 ( q.v. ), στρηνιάω G4764 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τρυφάω [page 644]
live a luxurious life, occurs in the NT only in Jas_5:5 . The word appears on the left-hand margin of P Lond 973 b (iii/A.D.) (= III. p. 213) ]ν καὶ τρυφᾶν . Cf. the sepulchral epitaph Kaibel 362 .4 f. (ii/iii A.D.)
ταῦτα τοῖς φίλοις λέγω·
παῖσον , τρύφησον , ζῆσον· ἀποθανεῖν σε δεῖ .
See also s.v . ἐντρυφάω .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
τρυφάω τρυ^φάω, φυτ. -ήσω [Etym: τρυφή] "to live softly, delicately, luxuriously, to fare sumptuously", Eur. :—part. τρυφῶν as adj. "delicate, effeminate, luxurious, voluptuous", Ar. , Plat. ; τὸ τρυφῶν, as Subst., "effeminacy", Ar. "to be licentious, revel, run riot, wax wanton", Eur. , etc.; "to be extravagant", Arist. "to give oneself airs, be fastidious", Eur. , Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
τρυφάω, -ῶ
(τρυφή), [in LXX: Neh.9:25 (עָדַן hithp.), Isa.66:11 (עָנַג hithp.), Sir.14:4 * ;]
to live daintily, luxuriously, to fare sumptuously: Jas.5:5 (cf. ἐν-τρυφάω).†
SYN.: σπαταλάω (which see), στρηνιάω (AS)
