Lexicon / G5142
τρέφω
trephō
  • to feed
  • to make to grow, bring up, rear
  • to nourish, feed
  • to give suck
  • to fatten

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: 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).†

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Abbott-Smith

Glosses: to make to grow, bring up, rear; to nourish, feed; to give suck; to fatten

to make to grow, bring up, rear; to nourish, feed; to give suck; to fatten