Strong's #5142: trepho (pronounced tref'-o)

a primary verb (properly, threpho; but perhaps strengthened from the base of 5157 through the idea of convolution); properly, to stiffen, i.e. fatten (by implication, to cherish (with food, etc.), pamper, rear):--bring up, feed, nourish.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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trephō

1) to nourish, support

2) feed

3) to give suck, to fatten

4) to bring up, nurture

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primary verb (properly, threpho; but perhaps strength. from the base of G5157 through the idea of convolution)

Usage:

This word is used 9 times:

 

Matthew 6:26: "yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better"
Matthew 25:37: "we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?"
Luke 4:16: "Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom"
Luke 12:24: "barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better"
Acts 12:20: "having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace;"
Acts 12:20: "having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace;"
James 5:5: "earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day"
Revelation 12:6: "of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore"
Revelation 12:14: "her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times,"