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G5158 τρόπος (trópos)
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Quick Definition

τρόπος, ου, ὁ n.m. way, manner, character

Strong's Definition

from the same as 5157; a turn, i.e. (by implication) mode or style (especially with preposition or relative prefix as adverb, like); figuratively, deportment or character

KJV Usage: (even) as, conversation, (+ like) manner, (+ by any) means, way

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -ου | τροπή

89.83 · Relations · Manner

manner, way the manner in which something is done

MAT 23:37 · LUK 13:34 · ACT 1:11 · ACT 7:28 · ACT 15:11 · ACT 27:25 · ROM 3:2 · PHP 1:18 · 2TH 2:3 · 2TH 3:16 · 2TI 3:8

41.10 · Behavior and Related States · Behavior, Conduct

life, way of life, behavior, manner of life manner of life, often with focus upon customary acts One may also render this expression in HEB 13:5 as ‘you should not be like people who always love money.’

2TH 2:3 · HEB 13:5 · JUD 1:7

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

τρόπος, -ov, ὁ, (fr. τρέπω, see τροπή), fr. [Pind.], Aeschyl. and Hdt. down ; 1. ἃ manner, way, fashion: ὅν τρόπον, as, even as, like as, [W. § 32,6; Β. 8. 131, 12]: Mt. xxiii. 37; Lk. xiii. 34; Actsi.11; vil.28; 2 Tim. 111. 8, (Gen. xxvi. 29; Ex. xiv. 13; [Deut. xi. 25; Ps. xli. (xlii.) 2]; Ezek. xlii. 7; xlv.6; Mal. iii. 17; Xen. mem. 1, 2,59; anab. 6,1 (3), 1; Plat. rep. 5 p. 466 e.); τὸν ὅμοιον τούτοις τρόπον, [in like manner with these], Jude 7; καθ᾽ ὃν τρύπον, as, Acts xv. 11; xxvii. 25; κατὰ πάντα τρόπον, Ko. iii. 2; κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον, in no wise, 2 ‘Th. ii. 3 (4 Mace. iv. 24; x.7; κατὰ οὐδένα τρόπον, 2 Mace. xi. 31; 4 Mace. v.16); παντὶ τρόπῳ, Phil. i. 18 (1 Mace. xiv. 35, and very often in the Grk. writ.) ; also ἐν παντὶ τρόπῳ, 2 Th. iii. 16 [here Lehm. ἐν 7. τόπῳ ; cf. W. § 31, 8.4.1]. 2. manner of life, character: Heb. xiii. 5 [R. V. mrg. ‘turn of mind’; (cf. rods τρόπους κυρίου ἔχειν, ‘Teaching’ 11, 8) ].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

τρόπος tropos 13x

a turn; mode, manner, way, Jude 7; ὁν τρόπον, + καθ’ ὁν τρόπον, in which manner, as, even as, Mt. 23:37; Acts 15:11; κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον, in no way, by no means, 2 Thess. 2:3; ἐν παντὶ τρόπῳ, and παντὶ τρόπῳ in every way, by every means, Phil. 1:18; 2 Thess. 3:16; turn of mind or action, habit, disposition, Heb. 13:5

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

τρόπος, -ου, ὁ

(< τρέπω), [in LXX chiefly (ὃν τ.) for כַּאֲשֶׁר ;]

a way, manner, fashion: Mt 23:37, Lk 13:34, Ac 1:11 7:28, II Ti 3:8, Ju 7; καθ’ ὃν τ., Ac 15:11 27:25 (cf. MM, xxv); κατὰ πάντα τ., Ro 3:2; κατὰ μηδένα τ. (IV Mac 4:24, al.), II Th 2:3; (ἐν) παντὶ τ., Phl 1:18, II Th 3:16

Of persons, manner of life, character (Hdt., Æsch., al.): He 13:5.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

τρόπος ὑπερπεσόντος χρόνου διάφορον ἐκ τρίτου, “TI will forfeit to you for the overtime an extra payment at the rate of one third” (Edd.), and P Lips I. 98 (A.D. 233) κοινῶς ἐξ ἴσου κατὰ τὸ t[p|(rov.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

τρόπος (tropos) — way. τρόπος, ὁ, (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+]

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