noun · masculine
trofimos
GreekΤρόφιμος (trofimos)
Strong’sG5161
Trophimus
stem trofim-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Τρόφιμος, -ου, ὁ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5161 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtrof'-ee-mos
nutritive; Trophimus, a Christian
Fromfrom G5160;
King JamesTrophimus.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | trofimos1×Τρόφιμος | trofimois |
| object accusative | trofimon2×Τρόφιμον | trofimoin |
| direct address vocative | trofimor | trofimoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | trofimou | trofimoiu |
| to, for dative | trofimo | trofimoi |
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
trofimo 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
trofimos“Trophimus”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 20:4“Trophimus”sunepete de auto Sōpatros Purrou Beroiaios, Thessalonikevoiu de Aristarchos kai Sekoundos, kai Gaios Derbaios kai Timotheos, Asianois de Tuchikos kai Trofimos;Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
trofimon“Trophimus”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 21:29“Trophimus”ale gar proorarētois Trofimon ton Efesion en ta polita sun auto, hon nomizale hoti eis tem hierem eisagata tos Paulos.For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
2 Timothy 4:20“Trophimus”Erastos menata en Korintha, Trofimon de apoleipama en Milēta asthenarōton.Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.