5162. trophos
Strong's Concordance
trophos: a nurse
Original Word: τροφός, οῦ, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: trophos
Phonetic Spelling: (trof-os')
Short Definition: a nurse
Definition: a nurse.
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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: τροφός

τροφός, τροφου, (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 trophòs
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Strong's Greek 5162
1 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

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