food

Greek Noun Female

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)

food

Greek Noun Female

τροφ-ή, ἡ, (τρέφω) nourishment, food, [NT+5th c.BC+]; the means of maintaining an army, provisions, forage, τροφὴν παρέχειν [Refs 3rd c.BC+] 2) βίου τροφαί way of life, livelihood, living, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τροφή alone, δουλίαν ἕξειν τροφήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: then, simply, mode of life, δίκην τίνουσαι τῆς προτέρας τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) that which provides or procures sustenance, as the bow of Philoctetes, χερὶ πάλλων τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου τροφάν [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) a meal, τροφαῖς τέτταρσιν ἐχρῶντο Philem.[Refs] cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) nurture, rearing, παιδία. τρέφειν. τροφήν τινα τοιήνδε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χάριν τροφᾶς ἀμείβων variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+] while in the nursery, opposed to ἐφηβήσας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκτίνων τροφάς, much like{τροφεῖα}, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.2) education, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) rearing or keeping of animals, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) sometimes in Poets for the concrete θρέμμα, brood, νέα τ. a new generation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, ἀρνῶν τροφαί, i.e. young lambs, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) a place in which animals are reared, ἰβίων τροφαί [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

nourishment (literally or figuratively); by implication, rations (wages); food, meat; from g5142 (τρέφω)