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Strong's G5160 τροφή (trophe)

Trophe means “food” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H5160 — nachaliel (“Nahaliel”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G5160
Language Greek
Linked Usages 47
Books 22

Strong's G5160 Quick Answer

Strong's G5160 τροφή (trophe) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. trophe (trof-ay') n. 1. nourishment 2. (by implication) rations (wages) It has 47 linked Bible usages across 22 books. Visible English usage signals include meat and food. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
trophe (trof-ay') n. 1. nourishment 2. (by implication) rations (wages)
Usage
47 linked usages
Books
22 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
meat and food

Meaning and Definition

trophe (trof-ay') n. 1. nourishment 2. (by implication) rations (wages) {literally or figuratively} [from G5142] KJV: food, meat Root(s): G5142 Compare: G1033, G1035, G1305, G4620, G5315

Original Word
τροφή
Transliteration
trophe
Derivation
Root: τρέφω R1: 5142
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5160. 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)

food

Usage: τροφή, -ῆς, ἡ (τρέφω), [in LXX for לֶחֶם, מָזוֹן, אֹכֶל, etc. ;] nourishment, food: Mat.3:4 6:25 10:10 24:45, Luk.12:23, Jhn.4:8, Act.2:46 9:19 14:17 27:33-34, 36 27:38 Jas.2:15. Metaphorical: Heb.5:12, 14.† (AS)

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How Strong's G5160 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render trophe, 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.

meat Matthew 3:4 13× food Acts 14:17

How Strong's G5160 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and 1 Enoch. 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 New Testament with 16 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.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G5160 (τροφή) appears 31 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G5160 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 G5160 in the New Testament

16 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 3:4 KJV

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 6:25 KJV

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Matthew 10:10 KJV

Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

Strong's G5160 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

14 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 49:27 Septuagint / Brenton

Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, Shall eat still in the morning, And at evening he gives food.

Judges 8:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

2 Chronicles 11:23 Septuagint / Brenton

And he was exalted beyond all his other sons in all the coasts of Judah and Benjamin, and in the strong cities; and he gave them provisions in great abundance: and he desired many wives.

Strong's G5160 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

16 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 8:76 Septuagint / Brenton

For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day.

1 Esdras 8:78 Septuagint / Brenton

And now in some measure hath mercy been shown unto us from thee, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of thy sanctuary;

Judith 12:9 Septuagint / Brenton

So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did eat her meat at evening.

Strong's G5160 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 14:13 Septuagint / Brenton

portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there

Usage Excerpts

First 47 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5160.

Genesis 49:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, Shall eat still in the morning, And at evening he gives food.
Judges 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
2 Chronicles 11:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he was exalted beyond all his other sons in all the coasts of Judah and Benjamin, and in the strong cities; and he gave them provisions in great abundance: and he desired many wives.
Job 36:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He will give food to him that has strength.
Psalms 64:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast visited the earth, and saturated it; Thou hast abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; Thou hast prepared their food, for thus is the preparation of it.
Psalms 103:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All wait upon thee, To give them their food in due season.
Psalms 110:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has given food to them that fear him: He will remember his covenant forever.
Psalms 135:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who gives food to all flesh; For his mercy endures forever.
Psalms 144:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou givest them their food in due season.
Psalms 145:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who executes judgment for the wronged: Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:
Psalms 146:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And gives to cattle their food, And to the young ravens that call upon him.
Proverbs 30:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the ants which are weak, and yet prepare their food in summer;
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.
Daniel 4:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and whose leaves were flourishing, and its fruit abundant (and it was meat for all; under it the wild beasts lodged, and the birds of the sky took shelter in its branches):
Matthew 3:4 New Testament, KJV
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 6:25 New Testament, KJV
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Matthew 10:10 New Testament, KJV
Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Matthew 24:45 New Testament, KJV
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Luke 12:23 New Testament, KJV
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
John 4:8 New Testament, KJV
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
Acts 2:46 New Testament, KJV
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Acts 9:19 New Testament, KJV
And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
Acts 14:17 New Testament, KJV
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Acts 27:33 New Testament, KJV
And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
Acts 27:34 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
Acts 27:36 New Testament, KJV
Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.
Acts 27:38 New Testament, KJV
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
Hebrews 5:12 New Testament, KJV
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Hebrews 5:14 New Testament, KJV
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
James 2:15 New Testament, KJV
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
1 Esdras 8:76 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day.
1 Esdras 8:78 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And now in some measure hath mercy been shown unto us from thee, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of thy sanctuary;
Judith 12:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did eat her meat at evening.
1 Maccabees 1:35 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They stored it also with armor and victuals, and when they had gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up there, and so they became a sore snare:
1 Maccabees 6:57 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore he went in all haste, and said to the king and the captains of the host and the company, We decay daily, and our victuals are but small, and the place we lay siege unto is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom lie upon us:
1 Maccabees 13:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now they that were in the tower sent messengers unto Trypho, to the end that he should hasten his coming unto them by the wilderness, and send them victuals.
2 Maccabees 5:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But Judas Maccabeus with nine others, or thereabout, withdrew himself into the wilderness, and lived in the mountains after the manner of beasts, with his company, who fed on herbs continually, lest they should be partakers of the pollution.
3 Maccabees 3:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
yet, as they worshiped God, and observed his law, they made certain distinctions, and avoided certain things. Hence some persons held them in odium;
4 Maccabees 1:33 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And after spending the refuse of his work to dress his meat, hath filled himself;
Wisdom of Solomon 16:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Instead of which punishment, dealing graciously with thine own people, Thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste, Even quails to stir up their appetite:
Wisdom of Solomon 16:3 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
To the end that they, desiring food, Might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them Loath even that, which they must needs desire; But these, suffering penury for a short space, Might be made partakers of a strange taste.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Instead whereof thou feddest thine own people with angels’ food, And didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labor, Able to content every man’s delight, and agreeing to every taste.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of the corruptible living things, Though they walked therein; Neither melted they the icy kind of heavenly meat, that was of nature apt to melt.
Wisdom of Sirach 37:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There is one that showeth wisdom in words, and is hated: He shall be destitute of all food.
Wisdom of Sirach 41:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, Unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: Yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat!
1 Enoch 14:13 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
portals blazed with fire. And I entered into that house, and it was hot as fire and cold as ice: there

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5160, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 4 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 7 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G5160 FAQ

What does trophe (τροφή) mean?

Trophe (Strong's G5160) is a Greek word most simply glossed "food". trophe (trof-ay') n. 1. nourishment 2. (by implication) rations (wages)

How many times is trophe (τροφή) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 47 linked usages for Strong's G5160 across 22 books.

Where can I study trophe (τροφή) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5160 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate trophe (τροφή)?

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

Does Strong's G5160 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 14 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 16 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G5160, with linked reader references where each row is available.