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Strong's G5142 τρέφω (trepho)

Trepho means “bring up” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5142 — nezaq in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5142
Language Greek
Linked Usages 28
Books 18

Strong's G5142 Quick Answer

Strong's G5142 τρέφω (trepho) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. trepho (tref'-o) v. 1. (properly) to stiffen, i.e. fatten 2. (by implication), to cherish (with food, etc.), pamper, rear It has 28 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include but. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
trepho (tref'-o) v. 1. (properly) to stiffen, i.e. fatten 2. (by implication), to cherish (with food, etc.), pamper, rear
Usage
28 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
but

Meaning and Definition

trepho (tref'-o) v. 1. (properly) to stiffen, i.e. fatten 2. (by implication), to cherish (with food, etc.), pamper, rear [a primary verb (properly, threpho, but perhaps strengthened from the base of G5157 through the idea of convolution)] KJV: bring up, feed, nourish Root(s): G5157

Original Word
τρέφω
Transliteration
trepho
Derivation
Root: τροπή R1: 5157
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5142. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to feed

Usage: 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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How Strong's G5142 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render trepho, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G5142 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 14 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5142 (τρέφω) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5142 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G5142 in the New Testament

8 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 6:26 KJV

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Matthew 25:37 KJV

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

Luke 4:16 KJV

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

Strong's G5142 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

14 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 6:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.

Genesis 6:20 Septuagint / Brenton

Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.

Genesis 10:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Out of that land came Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Strong's G5142 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 2:10 Septuagint / Brenton

and I knew not that there were sparrows in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes, and a whiteness came in mine eyes; and I went to the physicians, but they helped me not: moreover Ahikar did nourish me, until I went into Elymais.

1 Maccabees 3:33 Septuagint / Brenton

and to bring up his son Antiochus, until he came again.

1 Maccabees 11:39 Septuagint / Brenton

Moreover there was one Trypho, that had been of Alexander’s part afore, who, seeing that all the host murmured against Demetrius, went to Imalkue the Arabian, that brought up Antiochus the young son of Alexander,

Usage Excerpts

First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5142.

Genesis 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.
Genesis 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.
Genesis 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Out of that land came Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Genesis 48:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he blessed them and said, The God in whose sight my fathers were well pleasing, even Abraham and Isaac, the God who continues to feed me from my youth until this day;
Numbers 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
all the days of his separation—a razor shall not come upon his head, until the days be fulfilled which he vowed to the Lord: he shall be holy, cherishing the long hair of the head,
Deuteronomy 32:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast forsaken God that begot thee, And forgotten God who feeds thee.
3 Kingdoms 18:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Has it not been told to thee my lord, what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Esther 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gave him the copy of the writing that was published in Susa concerning their destruction, to show to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and entreat the king, and to beg him for the people, remembering, said he, the days of thy low estate, how thou wert nursed by my hand: because Haman who holds the next place to the king has spoken against us for death. Do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.
Proverbs 32:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Isaiah 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall rear a heifer, and two sheep.
Isaiah 33:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counselors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up,
Jeremiah 26:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also her hired soldiers in the midst of her are as fatted calves fed in her; for they also have turned, and fled with one accord: they stood not, for the day of destruction was come upon them, and the time of their retribution.
Daniel 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king’s table, and from the wine which he drank; and gave orders to nourish them three years, and that afterward they should stand before the king.
Daniel 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
its leaves were fair, and its fruit abundant, and in it was meat for all; and under it the wild beasts of the field took shelter, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches of it, and all flesh was fed of it.
Matthew 6:26 New Testament, KJV
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matthew 25:37 New Testament, KJV
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Luke 4:16 New Testament, KJV
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Luke 12:24 New Testament, KJV
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Acts 12:20 New Testament, KJV
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
James 5:5 New Testament, KJV
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Revelation 12:6 New Testament, KJV
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Revelation 12:14 New Testament, KJV
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Tobit 2:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and I knew not that there were sparrows in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes, and a whiteness came in mine eyes; and I went to the physicians, but they helped me not: moreover Ahikar did nourish me, until I went into Elymais.
1 Maccabees 3:33 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and to bring up his son Antiochus, until he came again.
1 Maccabees 11:39 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover there was one Trypho, that had been of Alexander’s part afore, who, seeing that all the host murmured against Demetrius, went to Imalkue the Arabian, that brought up Antiochus the young son of Alexander,
Wisdom of Solomon 16:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But this again did even forget his own strength, That the righteous might be nourished.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:26 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, That it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: But that it is thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in thee.
Baruch 4:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5142, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 2 usages, New Testament
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G5142 FAQ

What does trepho (τρέφω) mean?

Trepho (Strong's G5142) is a Greek word most simply glossed "bring up". trepho (tref'-o) v. 1. (properly) to stiffen, i.e. fatten 2. (by implication), to cherish (with food, etc.), pamper, rear

How many times is trepho (τρέφω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's G5142 across 18 books.

Where can I study trepho (τρέφω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5142 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate trepho (τρέφω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as but. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G5142 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 14 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5142, with linked reader references where each row is available.