verb
entrefomō
Strong’sG1789
I nourish on, am educated in
stem entref-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ἐν-τρέφω
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1789 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
poetry ἐνιτ-, ={τρέφω ἐν}, bring up or train in, τέκνα Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, φυτὰ ἐνθρέψασθαι Refs 8th c.BC+ —passive, to be raised or bred in, γυμνάσια οἷσιν ἐνετράφην Refs 5th c.BC+; ποιήμασι, ἤθει, NT+1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| entreforōntosἐντρεφόμενος | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine | nourished | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | entrefomō | entrefome | entrefomē | entrefomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | entrefosō | entrefose | entrefosē | entrefoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | entrefotō | entrefote | entrefotē | entrefotelē |
| we 1st person plural | entrefonō | entrefone | entrefonē | entrefonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | entrefovō | entrefove | entrefovē | entrefovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | entrefolō | entrefole | entrefolē | entrefolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | entrefomeiō | entrefomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | entrefoseiō | entrefoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | entrefoteiō | entrefoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | entrefoneiō | entrefoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | entrefoveiō | entrefoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | entrefoleiō | entrefoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | entrefosōr | entrefosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | entrefotōr | entrefotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | entrefovōr | entrefovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | entrefolōr | entrefolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | entrefomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | entrefosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | entrefotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | entrefonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | entrefovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | entrefoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | entreforō | entreforē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | entreforōntos1×ἐντρεφόμενος | entreforēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
entref 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
entreforōntos“nourished”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative singular masculine1×
1 Timothy 4:6… adelfoi kalos esi diakonos Christou Iēsu, entreforōntos toi logoi tau pistiau kai tau …… a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and …