noun · masculine
tropos
Strong’sG5158
way, manner, character
stem trop-13 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Way, manner, fashion – the basic sense, often used in set phrases meaning "as," "in the same way," "by any means," or "in every way" 1234. It frequently appears with a preposition or relative to form an adverbial expression, such as "in whatever way," "in no way," or "in every way" 123.
Applied to a person, it can mean manner of life, character, or temper – the settled way someone conducts themselves or the disposition they show 123.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
τρόπος, -ου, ὁ
(< τρέπω), [in LXX chiefly (ὃν τ.) for כַּאֲשֶׁר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5158 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtrop'-os
a turn, i.e. (by implication) mode or style (especially with preposition or relative prefix as adverb, like); figuratively, deportment or character
Fromfrom the same as G5157;
King James(even) as, conversation, (+ like) manner, (+ by any) means, way.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(τρέπω) turn, direction, way, διώρυχες παντοίους τρόπους ἔχουσαι Refs 5th c.BC+
II commonly, way, manner, fashion, guise, τρόπῳ τῷ παρεόντι χρεώμενοι going on as we are,Refs 5th c.BC+; tenor, of documents, Refs 3rd c.AD+, etc.: also in Refs 5th c.BC+ in its ways, in its kind, Refs 5th c.BC+ —in various adverbial usages:
II.1 dative, τίνι τρόπ; how? Refs 5th c.BC+; τοιούτῳ τ., τ. τοιῷδε, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑνί γέ τῳ τ. in one way or other, Refs 5th c.BC+; παντὶ τ. by all means, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐδενὶ τ., μηδενὶ τ., in no wise, by no mdans, on no account, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑκουσίῳ τ. willingly, Refs 5th c.BC+; τρόπῳ φρενός by way of intelligence, i.e. in lieu of the intelligence which is lacking to the child, Refs 5th c.BC+; τρόποισιν οὐ τυραννικοῖς not after the fashion of.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 absolutely in accusative, τίνα τρόπο; how? Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. τινά in a manner, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοῦτον τὸν τ., τόνδε τὸν τ., Refs 5th c.BC+how, LXX+5th c.BC+; τὸν μέγαν τ., οὐ σμικρὸν τ., Refs 5th c.BC+; βάρβαρον τ. (βρόμον ex Scholia Schütz) in barbarous guise or fashion, Refs 4th c.BC+; πίτυος τρόπον after the manner of a pine, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὄρνιθος τ. like a bird, Refs 4th c.BC+ in all ways, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 with Preps., τὸν ἐγκώμιον ἀμφὶ τρόπον in way of praise, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐς ὄρνιθος τ.Refs 5th c.BC+ —μετὰ ὁτουοῦν τ. in any manner whatever, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 κατὰ τρόπον,
II.4.a according to custom, κατὰ τὸν τ. τῆς φύσεως Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4.b fitly, duly, Refs 5th c.BC+unreasonable, absurd, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.5 πρὸς τρόπου fitting, suitable, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III of persons, a way of life, habit, custom, Refs 5th c.BC+; μῶν ἡλιαστ; Answ. μἀλλὰ θατέρου τ. Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 a man's ways, habits, character, temper, ὀργὴν καὶ ῥυθμὸν καὶ τ. ὅστις ἂν ᾖ (variant{ὅντιν᾽ ἔχει}) Refs 6th c.BC+; τρόπου ἡσυχίου of a quiet temper, Refs 5th c.BC+; τρόπου προπέτεια, ἀναίδεια, NT+5th c.BC+; σφόδρ᾽ ἐκ τοῦ σοῦ τ. quite of your sort, Refs —πρὸς τρόπου τινός agreeable to one's temper, Refs 5th c.BC+; σκληρός, ἀμνοὶ τοὺς τρόπους, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to νόμοι, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV in Music, like {ἁρμονία}, a particular mode, Αύδιος τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; but more generally, style, νεοσίγαλος τ.Refs 5th c.BC+; ᾠδῆς τρόπος, μουσικῆς τρόποι, Refs 5th c.BC+; διθυραμβικοὶ τ. (distinguished from ἦθος) Refs 1st c.BC+; of art in general, πάντες τῆς εἰκαστικῆς τ. Refs 1st c.BC+
V in speaking or writing, manner, style, ὁ τ. τῆς λέξεως Refs 5th c.BC+: especially in Rhet. in plural, tropes, Refs 1st c.BC+
VI in Logic, mode or mood of a syllogism, Refs, compare 1.108, 2.83: more generally, method of instruction or explanation, ὁ ἄνευ φθόγγων τ. Refs 4th c.BC+; ὁ μοναχῇ τ. the method of the single cause, opposed to ὁ πλεοναχὸς τ. the method of manifold causes, Refs; mode of inference, ὁ κατὰ τὴν ὁμοιότητα τ., opposed to ὁ κατ᾽ ἀνασκευὴν τ. τῆς σημειώσεως, Refs 4th c.BC+
VII beam, Refs 4th c.BC+
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.
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Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | tropos1×τρόπος | tropois |
| object accusative | tropon10×τρόπον | tropoin |
| direct address vocative | tropor | tropoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | tropou | tropoiu |
| to, for dative | tropo2×τρόπῳ | tropoi |
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
tropo 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
13 occurrences, every one of them listed
tropos“life”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 13:5“life”afilarguros tos tropos; arkorōntois tei pareiarōntei; autos gar legatē; …… your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will …
tropon“way”objectaccusative singular10×
Matthew 23:37“way”… thelama episunagara teim tekneim su, hon tropon ornias episunagatō teim nossieim autau hupo …… longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings …
Luke 13:34… thelama episunagara teim tekneim su hon tropon ornias tan heautau nossian hupo tain …… longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under …
Acts 1:11“manner”… eis ton ouranon houtōs ercheti hon tropon theaseva auton poreuorōnton eis ton ouranon.… from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
Acts 7:28“*”mē anairara min sis thelasō hon tropon anairasa echthes ton Aiguption?Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Acts 15:11“same way”… kuriou Iēsu pisteuanō sōzira kata hon tropon kakeinois.… contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
Acts 27:25“way”… theo hoti houtōs eti kata hon tropon lalotē mi.… I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
Romans 3:2pollem kata panton tropon. prōtem men gar hoti pisteuila teim …Much in every way. First of all, they have been …
2 Thessalonians 2:3mē tinos vin exapatateia kata mēdenon tropon; hoti ean mē erchateia tas apostasias …… no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until …
2 Timothy 3:8“*”hon tropon de Iannos kai Iambros antistēala Mōuso, …Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from …
Jude 1:7“way”… tais peri autain polais, ton homoion tropon houtoi ekporneuarantais kai apercharantais opisō sarkau …… Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of …
tropo“way”to, fordative singular2×
Philippians 1:18tinem gar? plēn hoti panto tropo, eite profasia eite alētheia, Christos katangelotō, …… issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true …
2 Thessalonians 3:16… tan eirēnan dia pantou en panto tropo. tos kurios meta pantoiu vu.… at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of …