What does τρυφάω (trypháō) mean in the Bible?
τρυφάω (trypháō) is a Greek word meaning "to indulge in luxury".
Greek · G5171
τρυφάω
To indulge in luxury
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τρυφάω G5171
Pronunciation trypháō
What does τρυφάω (trypháō) mean in the Bible?
τρυφάω (trypháō) is a Greek word meaning "to indulge in luxury".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5171?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include in luxury (1).
Where does τρυφάω (trypháō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at James 5:5. Its strongest book concentrations include James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It in luxury 1× James 5:5
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Usage map
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First aligned row James 5:5
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
James 1
Source forms
Ἐτρυφήσατε 1x Etryphēsate James 5:5
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x James 5:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to indulge in luxury
Strong's G5171
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to indulge in luxury
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
James 5:5 Verb Second Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἐτρυφήσατε etrufhsate
I live a luxurious life
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
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Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Aorist Voices Active
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Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Aorist Active Jas 5:5 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
indicative 1
NT Occurrences
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)
Word Origins
τρυφάω is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain