noun · feminine

trofas

Greekτροφός (trofos)

Strong’sG5162

a nurse

stem trof-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

nursing mother1×

What it means

τροφός, -οῦ, ἡ

(< τρέφω), [in LXX: Ge 35:8, IV Ki 11:2, II Ch 22:11 Is 49:23 (מֵינֶקֶת) *;]

a nurse: I Th 2:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5162 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtrof-os'

a nourisher, i.e. nurse

Fromfrom G5142;

King Jamesnurse.

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	trofas1×τροφὸς	trofais
object accusative	trofan	trofain
direct address vocative	trofar	trofair
of, belonging to genitive	trofau	trofaiu
to, for dative	trofa	trofai

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

trofstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

trofa 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

trofas“nursing mother”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Thessalonians 2:7“nursing mother”dunerōtois en bare arō hōs Christou apostolois; alla ginina ēpiois en mese vu, hōs ean trofas thalpateiō teim heautau tekneim;On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.