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verb

Greekτρυφάω (trufaō)
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trufamō

Strong’sG5171

I live a luxurious life

stem truf-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.

τρυφάω, -ῶ

(< τρυφή), [in LXX: Ne 9:25 (עָדַן hithp.), Is 66:11 (עָנַג hithp.), Si 14:4 *;]

to live daintily, luxuriously, to fare sumptuously: Ja 5:5 (cf. ἐν-τρυφάω).†

SYN.: σπαταλάω (q.v.), στρηνιάω

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

Strong’s G5171 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtroo-fah'-o

to indulge in luxury

Fromfrom G5172;

King Jameslive in pleasure.

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
τρῠφάω,
(τρυφή) live softly, luxuriously, fare sumptuously,, ἐν ἀγκάλαις μητρὸς τρυφῆσαι, of a child, NT+5th c.BC+
2 participle τρυφῶν as adjective, effeminate, luxurious, Refs 5th c.BC+effeminacy, Refs 5th c.BC+; also of things, dainty, delicate, βασιλικὴ καὶ τρυφῶσα παιδεία Refs 5th c.BC+
II to be licentious, run riot, wax wanton, Refs 5th c.BC+; to be extravagant, opposed to γλίσχρως ζῆν, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 revel in, ἐν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς τινος LXX; delight in, ἐν ἀγαθωσύνῃ σουLXX
III give oneself airs, be dainty, fastidious, ἆρ᾽ οὐ τρυφῶμεν..., οἷσιν οὐκ ἀρκεῖ τάδ; Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. δ᾽ ὁ δαίμων is fickle,Refs; ἐπειδή μοι δοκεῖς σὺ τρυφᾶν to hang back, Refs 5th c.BC+ οἱ τρυφῶντες spoiled pets, Refs; ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τ. καὶ κολακεύεσθαι, of the people, Refs 4th c.BC+; τρυφῶσιν ἕτεροι πρὸς ἑτέρους, of philosophers, Refs 2nd c.AD+; followed by a modifying clause, νῦν δὲ τρυφᾷς διότι.. Refs 5th c.BC+; later, τ. κατά τινος make sport of.., Refs 4th 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.

lived … inluxury1×

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 itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
trufavaἐτρυφήσατεhappened · yeaorist active indicative 2nd person plurallived … inluxury1×

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, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singulartrufamōtrufametrufamitrufamatrufamētrufamelē
you 2nd person singulartrufasōtrufasetrufasitrufasatrufasētrufaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singulartrufatōtrufatetrufatitrufatatrufatētrufatelē
we 1st person pluraltrufanōtrufanetrufanitrufanatrufanētrufanelē
ye 2nd person pluraltrufavōtrufavetrufavitrufava1×ἐτρυφήσατεtrufavētrufavelē
they 3rd person pluraltrufalōtrufaletrufalitrufalatrufalētrufalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singulartrufameiōtrufameiatrufameiē
you 2nd person singulartrufaseiōtrufaseiatrufaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singulartrufateiōtrufateiatrufateiē
we 1st person pluraltrufaneiōtrufaneiatrufaneiē
ye 2nd person pluraltrufaveiōtrufaveiatrufaveiē
they 3rd person pluraltrufaleiōtrufaleiatrufaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singulartrufasōrtrufasartrufasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singulartrufatōrtrufatartrufatēr
ye 2nd person pluraltrufavōrtrufavartrufavēr
they 3rd person pluraltrufalōrtrufalartrufalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singulartrufamoiōtrufamoia
you 2nd person singulartrufasoiōtrufasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singulartrufatoiōtrufatoia
we 1st person pluraltrufanoiōtrufanoia
ye 2nd person pluraltrufavoiōtrufavoia
they 3rd person pluraltrufaloiōtrufaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicetrufarōtrufaritrufaratrufarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicetrufarōntostrufarintostrufarantostrufarēntos

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

truf 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.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

trufava“lived … inluxury”happened · yeaorist active indicative 2nd person plural1×

James 5:5trufava epi tau gēau kai spatalava, trefava …You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence …