Strong's G5142 · Greek

τρέφω

trepho · tref'-o

a primary verb (properly, threpho; but perhaps strengthened from the base of 5157 through the idea of convolution); properly, to stiffen, i.e. fatten (by implication, to cherish (with food, etc.), pamper, rear)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

τρέφω (G5142)

9 τρέφω [in LXX for חָיָה hi., גָּדַל pi., אָכַל hi., etc. ;] to make to grow, bring up, rear (cl.; I Mac 3:33 11:39 ): Lk 4:16 (T, WH, mg., ἀνατ- ) to nourish, feed : Mt 6:26 25:37 , Lk 12:24 , Ac 12:20 , Re 12:6 , 14 ; of a mother, to give suck , Lk 23:29 ; of animals, to fatten ( Je 26 (46):21 ), fig., Ja 5:5 (cf. ἀνα- , ἐκ- , ἐν-τρέφω ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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