Greek · G2316, G5142

ὁ θεὸς τρέφει αὐτούς

God · to feed

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θεός G2316 God

Pronunciation theós

The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.

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τρέφω G5142 to feed

Pronunciation tréphō

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What does ὁ θεὸς τρέφει αὐτούς (ho theos trephei autous) mean in the Bible?

θεός · τρέφω is a Greek phrase meaning "God feeds, nourishes, sustains them".

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What does θεός · τρέφω mean in the Bible?

θεός · τρέφω is a Greek phrase meaning "God feeds, nourishes, sustains them".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2316, G5142?

G2316, G5142 is connected to 1,307 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. God feeds, nourishes, sustains them

Strong's G2316, G5142

Lexical occurrences 1,307 verses Word forms 9 forms 1,307 references

Source Gloss

God feeds, nourishes, sustains them

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

This word appears as a noun across 9 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.

Form patterns 9 Aligned forms 1307 Case pattern Genitive (687) Number pattern Singular (1299)

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:23 · Matt 3:9 · Matt 6:30 · Matt 15:4 · Matt 19:6 · Matt 22:32 · Mark 2:7 · Mark 10:9 · Mark 10:18 · Mark 12:26 · Mark 12:27 · Mark 12:29 · Mark 13:19 · Mark 15:34 · Luke 1:32 · Luke 1:68 305×

Nominative · Plural · Masculine John 10:34 · Acts 14:11 · Acts 19:26 · 1 Cor 8:5 5×

Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 3:16 · Matt 4:3 · Matt 4:4 · Matt 4:6 · Matt 5:9 · Matt 5:34 · Matt 8:29 · Matt 12:4 · Matt 12:28 · Matt 14:33 · Matt 15:3 · Matt 15:6 · Matt 16:16 · Matt 16:23 · Matt 19:24 · Matt 21:31 687×

Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:24 · Matt 19:26 · Matt 22:21 · Mark 10:27 · Mark 12:17 · Luke 1:30 · Luke 1:47 · Luke 2:14 · Luke 2:38 · Luke 2:52 · Luke 16:13 · Luke 17:18 · Luke 18:27 · Luke 18:43 · Luke 20:25 · John 3:21 157×

Dative · Plural · Masculine Gal 4:8 1×

Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:7 · Matt 4:10 · Matt 5:8 · Matt 9:8 · Matt 15:31 · Matt 22:37 · Matt 27:43 · Mark 2:12 · Mark 5:7 · Mark 12:30 · Luke 1:16 · Luke 1:64 · Luke 2:13 · Luke 2:20 · Luke 2:28 · Luke 4:8 147×

Accusative · Plural · Masculine John 10:35 · Acts 7:40 2×

Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 19:37 1×

Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:46 2×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 8 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 3 ongoing 3 subjunctive 1 infinitive 1

Tense

present 5 aorist 3

Voice

active 6 passive 2

Mood

indicative 6 infinitive 1 subjunctive 1

NT Occurrences

Matthew 6:26 τρέφει present active indicative ongoing Matthew 25:37 ἐθρέψαμεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 12:24 τρέφει present active indicative ongoing Luke 23:29 ἔθρεψαν aorist active indicative completed Acts 12:20 τρέφεσθαι present passive infinitive infinitive James 5:5 ἐθρέψατε aorist active indicative completed Revelation 12:14 τρέφεται present passive indicative ongoing Revelation 12:6 τρέφωσιν present active subjunctive subjunctive

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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