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τροφός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
τροφός, οῦ, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
trophos
Simplified transliteration: 
trophos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
5162
GK Number: 
5577
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2b
Gloss: 
mother, nurse
Definition: 
a nurse, 1 Thess. 2:7*

Greek-English Concordance for τροφός

1 Thessalonians 2:7 Although we could have made demands as apostles of Christ, we were gentle among you, like a mother (trophos | τροφός | nom sg fem) tenderly nursing her own children.