noun · feminine
diatrofas
Greekδιατροφή (diatrofē)
Strong’sG1305
nourishment, food
stem diatrof-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** δια-τροφή, ῆς, ἡ
(< διατρέφω, to support, sustain), [in LXX: I Mac 6:49 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1305 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | diatrofas | diatrofais |
| object accusative | diatrofan | diatrofain1×διατροφὰς |
| direct address vocative | diatrofar | diatrofair |
| of, belonging to genitive | diatrofau | diatrofaiu |
| to, for dative | diatrofa | diatrofai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
diatrofa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
diatrofain“food”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Timothy 6:8“food”echarōtois de diatrofain kai skepasmeim, houtei arkini.But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.