trephō (to feed)

Meaning

Usually translated “feeds”, “fed” and “raised”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

feeds 2
fed 1
raised 1
they feed 1
being nourished 1
you have fattened 1
they may feed 1
she is nourished 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Luke 3
Matthew 2
Revelation 2
Acts 1
James 1

5 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 25:37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Luke 4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Luke 23:29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Acts 12:20And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
James 5:5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

All 9 verses, by book

Matthew 2: 6:26 25:37
Luke 3: 4:16 12:24 23:29
Acts 1: 12:20
James 1: 5:5
Revelation 2: 12:6 12:14

Greek dictionary

τρέφω trephō · 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).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “feed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FEED, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive [See Father.]

To give food to; as, to feed an infant; to feed horses and oxen.
To supply with provisions.
To supply; to furnish with any thing of which there is constant consumption, waste or use.
To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep.

All definitions and other forms of “feed”

To nourish; to cherish; to supply with nutriment; as, to feed hope or expectation; to feed vanity.
To keep in hope or expectation; as, to feed one with hope.
To supply fuel; as, to feed a fire.
To delight; to supply with something desirable; to entertain; as, to feed the eye with the beauties of a landscape.
To give food or fodder for fattening; to fatten.
To supply with food, and to lead, guard and protect; a scriptural sense.“He shall feed his flock like a shepherd” Isaiah 40:11

FEED, verb intransitive

To take food; to eat.
To subsist by eating; to prey.
To pasture; to graze; to place cattle to feed Exodus 22:5
To grow fat.

FEED, noun

Food; that which is eaten; pasture; fodder; applied to that which is eaten by beasts, not to the food of men.
Meal, or act of eating.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.