verb

entrefimō

Greekἐντρέφομαι (entrefomai)

Strong’sG1789

I nourish on, am educated in

stem entref-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

nourished1×

What it means

* ἐν-τρέφω

to train up, nurture; pass., metaph., τοῖς λόγοις τ. πίστεως, I Ti 4:6.†

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

Saiden-tref'-o

(figuratively) to educate

Fromfrom G1722 and G5142;

King Jamesnourish up in.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
entrefirōtosἐντρεφόμενος	happening now · subjectpresent 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 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	entrefimō	entrefime	entrefimi	entrefima	entrefimē	entrefimelē
you 2nd person singular	entrefisō	entrefise	entrefisi	entrefisa	entrefisē	entrefiselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	entrefitō	entrefite	entrefiti	entrefita	entrefitē	entrefitelē
we 1st person plural	entrefinō	entrefine	entrefini	entrefina	entrefinē	entrefinelē
ye 2nd person plural	entrefivō	entrefive	entrefivi	entrefiva	entrefivē	entrefivelē
they 3rd person plural	entrefilō	entrefile	entrefili	entrefila	entrefilē	entrefilelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	entrefimeiō	entrefimeia	entrefimeiē
you 2nd person singular	entrefiseiō	entrefiseia	entrefiseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	entrefiteiō	entrefiteia	entrefiteiē
we 1st person plural	entrefineiō	entrefineia	entrefineiē
ye 2nd person plural	entrefiveiō	entrefiveia	entrefiveiē
they 3rd person plural	entrefileiō	entrefileia	entrefileiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	entrefisōr	entrefisar	entrefisēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	entrefitōr	entrefitar	entrefitēr
ye 2nd person plural	entrefivōr	entrefivar	entrefivēr
they 3rd person plural	entrefilōr	entrefilar	entrefilēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	entrefimoiō	entrefimoia
you 2nd person singular	entrefisoiō	entrefisoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	entrefitoiō	entrefitoia
we 1st person plural	entrefinoiō	entrefinoia
ye 2nd person plural	entrefivoiō	entrefivoia
they 3rd person plural	entrefiloiō	entrefiloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	entrefirō	entrefiri	entrefira	entrefirē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acted on passive voice	entrefirōtos1×ἐντρεφόμενος	entrefiritos	entrefiratos	entrefirētos

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

entrefstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

entrefirōtos“nourished”happening now · subjectpresent passive participle nominative singular masculine1×

1 Timothy 4:6“nourished”Houteim hupotitherōtos toi adelfoi kalos esi diakonos Christou Iēsu, entrefirōtos toi logoi tau pistiau kai tau kalau didaskaliau ha parakolouthasē,By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and sound instruction that you have followed.