τροφή
trophē
food
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "τροφή" (trophē) is defined as "food." It appears 16 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in various contexts. This word encompasses not only physical sustenance but also metaphorical nourishment, suggesting its usage extends beyond literal meaning. The frequency of "τροφή" in the Bible highlights its significance in discussions of provision, sustenance, and care. Its range of usage is evident in passages where it is used to describe physical food, such as in accounts of meals and feasts, as well as in metaphorical contexts, such as spiritual nourishment and guidance. This versatility underscores the importance of food and sustenance in biblical narratives and teachings.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
16 total occurrences across the text
Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 10:10Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.
Matthew 24:45“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
Luke 12:23Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
John 4:8For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
Acts 2:46Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
Acts 9:19He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
Acts 14:17Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
Acts 27:33While the day was coming on, Paul begged them all to take some food, saying, “Today is the fourteenth day that you wait and continue fasting, having taken nothing.
Acts 27:34Therefore I beg you to take some food; for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
Acts 27:36Then they all cheered up, and they also took food.
Acts 27:38When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
Hebrews 5:12For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the revelations of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
Hebrews 5:14But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
James 2:15And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,