Strong's Concordance trophos: a nurse Original Word: τροφός, οῦ, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: trophos Phonetic Spelling: (trof-os') Short Definition: a nurse Definition: a nurse. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 5162 trophós (from 5142 /tréphō, "to improve by giving nurture and care") – properly, a care-giver, sustaining someone by nourishing and giving tender care like a nurse (used only in 1 Thes 2:7). [5162 (trophós) is used in ancient Greek of a mother's tender care, holding her child in her arms (see BAGD).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5162: τροφόςτροφός, τροφου, ἡ (τρέφω; see τροφή), a nurse: 1 Thessalonians 2:7. (From Homer down; for מֵינֶקֶת, Genesis 35:8; 2 Kings 11:2; Isaiah 49:23.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance nurse. From trepho; a nourisher, i.e. Nurse -- nurse. see GREEK trepho Forms and Transliterations ετροφοφόρησε τροφήν τροφοί τροφος τροφός τροφὸς τροφοφορήσαι trophos trophòsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 51621 Occurrence τροφὸς — 1 Occ. 1 Thessalonians 2:7 N-NFS GRK: ὡς ἐὰν τροφὸς θάλπῃ τὰ NAS: among you, as a nursing [mother] tenderly cares KJV: you, even as a nurse cherisheth her INT: as if a nursing mother would cherish |