Word study · Greek
trophós
nurse
Say it: trof-OS (approximate)
τροφός
What it means
A nurse, a nursing mother. In 2:7, Paul and his friends were "gentle among you, as when a nurse cherishes her own children." It appears only here.
Range of meaning
- NurseA woman who cares for children.
- Nursing motherA mother feeding a baby.
In 1 Thessalonians
- Chapter 2
"As when a nurse cherishes her own children" (2:7).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G5162 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources