trephō · feed, bring up

What it means

trephō (τρέφω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “feed, bring up”.

Feed, nourish; bring up, raise a child.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To provide food, keep alive; also rear or make plump.
2. Bring up a child.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• feeds ×2
• brought up ×1
• feed you ×1
• nurse ×1
• she is nourished ×1
• they may nourish ×1
• was fed ×1
• you have fattened ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×3
• Acts×1
• James×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 6:26

  Look at the birds of the sky: they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

• Matthew 25:37

  Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?

• Luke 4:16

  And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up; and according to his custom he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.

• Luke 12:24

  Consider the ravens, that they do not sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them. How much more are you worth than the birds!

• Luke 23:29

  for look, days are coming in which they will say, ‘Happy are the barren and the wombs that did not bear, and the breasts that did not nurse!’

• Acts 12:20

  Now he was furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one mind they came to him, and having won over Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed from the king’s country.

• James 5:5

  You have lived in luxury on the earth and in self-indulgence; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

• Revelation 12:6

  And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has there a place prepared by God, so that there they may nourish her for one thousand two hundred sixty days.

• Revelation 12:14

  And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she might fly into the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished there for a time and times and half a time, away from the presence of the serpent.