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τρέφω

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Gloss: to feed

Transliteration: trephō

Strong’s: G5142

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).†
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