τρέφωtréphō
but perhaps strengthened from the base of G5157 (τροπή) through the idea of convolution); properly, to stiffen, i.e. fatten (by implication, to cherish (with food, etc.), pamper, rear)
Greek (New Testament) · G5142
Meanings
1. to make to grow, bring up, rear (classical Greek; 1 Maccabees 3:33, 1 Maccabees 11:39): Luke 4:16
2. to nourish, feed: Matthew 6:26, Matthew 25:37, Luke 12:24, Acts 12:20, Revelation 12:6, Revelation 12:14; of a mother, to give suck, Luke 23:29; of animals, to fatten (Jeremiah 46:21), figuratively, James 5:5 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐκ-, ἐν-τρέφω).
Same root
- τεκνοτροφέωteknotrophéō · G5044to be a childrearer, i.e. fulfil the duties of a female parent
- τροφόςtrophós · G5162a nourisher, i.e. nurse
- ἐκτρέφωektréphō · G1625to rear up to maturity, i.e. (genitive case) to cherish or train
- θρέμμαthrémma · G2353stock (as raised on a farm)
- διατροφήdiatrophḗ · G1305nourishment
- ΔιοτρεφήςDiotrephḗs · G1361Jove-nourished; Diotrephes, an opponent of Christianity
- ἐντρέφωentréphō · G1789(figuratively) to educate
- θρόμβοςthrómbos · G2361a clot
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
- Matthew 25:37 “Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink?
- Luke 4:16 When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue on the Sabbath and stood up to read the Scriptures.
- Luke 12:24 Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds!
- Luke 23:29 For the days are coming when they will say, ‘Fortunate indeed are the women who are childless, the wombs that have not borne a child and the breasts that have never nursed.’
- Acts 12:20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they sent a delegation to make peace with him because their cities were dependent upon Herod’s country for food. The delegates won the support of Blastus, Herod’s personal assistant,
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.