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Koine Greek wordlink #3385

SR GNT Mat 6:26 τρέφει (trefei) ‘father of you_all heavenly is feeding them not you_all’ Strongs=51420 Lemma=trefō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Sermon_on_the_Mount

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Other uses (1) of identical word form τρέφει (V-IPA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘τρέφει’ (V-IPA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘is feeding’.

Luke 12:24 ‘barn and god is feeding them for how_much more’ SR GNT Luke 12:24 word 28

OET-LV: 24 Observe the ravens, because they _are_ not _sowing nor are _they _reaping, to _which not is a_storeroom nor barn, and the god is _feeding them. For/Because _how _much more you _all are _carrying _value than the birds. (LUK_12:24)

OET-RV: 24 Look at the ravens. They don’t plant seeds or harvest crops and they have no storerooms or barns, yet God keeps them fed, and humans are worth a lot more than birds. (LUK 12:24)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘trefō’ have 8 different glosses: ‘having_been brought_up’, ‘is feeding’, ‘to_be_being nourished’, ‘she is_being nourished’, ‘they may_be nourishing’, ‘we fed’, ‘you_all nourished’, ‘nursed’.

Greek words (7) other than τρέφει (V-IPA3··S) with a gloss related to ‘feeding’

YHN 21:15 Βόσκε (Boske) V-MPA2··S Lemma=boskō ‘you he is saying to him be feeding the lambs of me’ SR GNT Yhn 21:15 word 33

OET-LV: 15 Therefore when they _ate _lunch, the Yaʸsous is _saying to_ the _Simōn Petros: Simōn son of _Yōannaʸs, are _you _loving me more than these? He _is _saying to _him: Yes, master, you have _known that I _am _loving you. He _is _saying to _him: Be _feeding the lambs of _me. (JHN_21:15)

OET-RV: 15 While they were eating, Yeshua asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Yohan, do you love me more than these?”
¶ Peter answered, “Yes, master, you know that I love you.”
¶ Yeshua responded, “Feed my lambs.” (JHN 21:15)

YHN 21:17 Βόσκε (Boske) V-MPA2··S Lemma=boskō ‘is saying to him Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) be feeding the lambs of me’ SR GNT Yhn 21:17 word 42

OET-LV: 17 He _is _saying to _him the third time: Simōn son of _Yōannaʸs, are _you _loving me? the Petros was _sorrowed because he _said to _him the third time: Are _you _loving me? And he _is _saying to _him: master, you have _known all things, you are _knowing that I _am _loving you. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is _saying to _him: Be _feeding the lambs of _me. (JHN_21:17)

OET-RV: 17 Then he asked a third time, “Simon, son of Yohan, do you love me?”
¶ Peter was now upset that he’d been asked a third time if he loved him, and he answered, “Master, you know everything.”
¶ “Feed my sheep,” Yeshua responded. (JHN 21:17)

MARK 5:14 βόσκοντες (boskontes) V-PPA·NMP Lemma=boskō ‘and the ones feeding them fled and’ SR GNT Mark 5:14 word 4

OET-LV: 14 And the ones feeding them fled, and they _reported to the city and to the country. And came _out to _see what is the thing having _become. (MRK_5:14)

OET-RV: 14 The ones who had been feeding them rushed off and spread the news around in the city and the surrounding area. So the people hurried out to see what had happened. (MRK 5:14)

MAT 8:33 βόσκοντες (boskontes) V-PPA·NMP Lemma=boskō ‘the ones and feeding them fled and having gone_away’ SR GNT Mat 8:33 word 3

OET-LV: 33 And the ones feeding them fled, and having _gone _away into the city, they _reported all things and the things of _the ones being _demon _possessed. (MAT_8:33)

OET-RV: 33 Then the men who had been grazing them took off, and when they got to the city they reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. (MAT 8:33)

LUKE 8:34 βόσκοντες (boskontes) V-PPA·NMP Lemma=boskō ‘having seen and the ones feeding them the thing having become they fled’ SR GNT Luke 8:34 word 4

OET-LV: 34 And the ones feeding them having _seen, the thing having _become, they _fled and they _reported to the city and to the country. (LUK_8:34)

OET-RV: 34 When the workers feeding the pigs saw this happen, they took off and told everyone in the nearby town and round about. (LUK 8:34)

LUKE 15:15 βόσκειν (boskein) V-NPA···· Lemma=boskō ‘the fields of him to_be feeding pigs’ SR GNT Luke 15:15 word 17

OET-LV: 15 And having _been _gone, he _was _joined _together to _one of _the citizens of_ the that _country, and he _sent him into the fields of _him to _be _feeding pigs. (LUK_15:15)

OET-RV: 15 so he went and signed up to work for one of the local farmers who assigned him to feed the pigs out in the fields. (LUK 15:15)

ROM 12:20 ψώμιζε (psōmize) V-MPA2··S Lemma=psōmizō ‘the enemy of you be feeding him if he may_be thirsting’ SR GNT Rom 12:20 word 8

OET-LV: 20 But if may _be _hungering the enemy of _you, be _feeding him, if he _may _be _thirsting, be _giving _to _drink him, because/for this doing, charcoal of _fire you _will _be _heaping on the head of _him. (ROM_12:20)

OET-RV: 20 But if your enemies are hungry, then feed them, and if they’re thirsty, then give them a drink, because you’ll be leaving them to their own shame and judgement. (ROM 12:20)

Key: V=verb