τρέφω (trephō) means “to feed” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: tref'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
τρέφω · trephō · to feed
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)
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I feed, nourish; I bring up, rear, provide for.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| feeds | 2 |
| brought up | 1 |
| feed you | 1 |
| for food | 1 |
| nursed | 1 |
| she was nourished | 1 |
| to be nourished | 1 |
| you have fattened | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| feedeth | 2 |
| brought up | 1 |
| fed | 1 |
| she is nourished | 1 |
| they should feed | 1 |
| was nourished | 1 |
| ye have nourished | 1 |
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Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Read word by wordThen the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?
Read word by wordThen Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,
Read word by wordConsider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
Read word by wordLook, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
Read word by wordNow Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
Read word by wordYou have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
Read word by wordAnd the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
Read word by wordBut the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
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