Strong's Greek: 5158. τρόπος (tropos) -- Manner, way, fashion, character, conduct

Strong's Lexicon

tropos: Manner, way, fashion, character, conduct

Original Word: τρόπος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: tropos
Pronunciation: TRO-pos
Phonetic Spelling: (trop'-os)
Definition: Manner, way, fashion, character, conduct
Meaning: (a) way, manner, (b) manner of life, character.

Word Origin: Derived from the verb τρέπω (trepō), meaning "to turn" or "to change."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often relates to the concept of "derekh" (Strong's H1870), meaning "way" or "path," which similarly conveys the idea of a manner or course of life.

Usage: The Greek word "tropos" primarily refers to a manner or way of doing something. It can denote a method, style, or characteristic behavior. In the New Testament, it is often used to describe the manner in which actions are performed or the character of individuals.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, "tropos" was used to describe the manner or style of a person's life or actions. It was a term that could encompass both external behaviors and internal dispositions. In the context of the New Testament, it reflects the ethical and moral dimensions of a person's conduct, often in relation to the teachings of Jesus and the apostles.

HELPS Word-studies

5158 trópos (from trepō, "turning, adopting a new manner") – properly, a new direction from taking a turn or adopting a new manner (mannerism, fashion); (figuratively) the new course of conduct someone has because knowing Christ as Lord.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as tropé
Definition
a way, manner, fashion
NASB Translation
character (1), circumstance (1), exactly* (1), just* (1), respect (1), same way (1), way (5).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 5158: τρόπος

τρόπος, τροπου, ὁ (from τρέπω, see τροπή), from (Pindar), Aeschylus and Herodotus down;

1. a manner, way, fashion: ὅν τρόπον, as, even as, like as (Winers Grammar, § 32, 6; Buttmann, § 131, 12): Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34; Acts 1:11; Acts 7:28; 2 Timothy 3:8 (Genesis 26:29; Exodus 14:13; (Deuteronomy 11:25; Psalm 41:2 ()); Ezekiel 42:7; Ezekiel 45:6; Malachi 3:17; Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 59; anab. 6, 1 (3), 1; Plato, rep. 5, p. 466 e.); τόν ὅμοιον τούτοις τρόπον (in like manner with these), Jude 1:7; καθ' ὅν τρόπον, as, Acts 15:11; Acts 27:25; κατά πάντα τρόπον, Romans 3:2; κατά μηδένα τρόπον, in no wise, 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (4 Macc. 4:24; 10:7; κατά οὐδένα τρόπον, 2 Macc. 11:31; 4 Macc. 5:16); παντί τρόπῳ, Philippians 1:18 (1 Macc. 14:35, and very often in the Greek writings); also ἐν παντί τρόπῳ, 2 Thessalonians 3:16 (here Lachmann ἐν παντί τόπῳ; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 8d.).

2. manner of life, character: Hebrews 13:5 (R. V. marginal reading 'turn of mind'; (cf. τούς τροπους κυρίου ἔχειν, 'Teaching' 11, 8 [ET])).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From the same as trope; a turn, i.e. (by implication) mode or style (especially with preposition or relative prefix as adverb, like); figuratively, deportment or character -- (even) as, conversation, (+ like) manner, (+ by any) means, way.

see GREEK trope

Forms and Transliterations

Links

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 23:37 N-AMS
GRK: σου ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις ἐπισυνάγει
NAS: together, the way a hen
KJV: together, even as a hen
INT: of you in which way a hen gathers together

Luke 13:34 N-AMS
GRK: σου ὃν τρόπον ὄρνις τὴν
INT: of you that way a hen [gathers]

Acts 1:11 N-AMS
GRK: ἐλεύσεται ὃν τρόπον ἐθεάσασθε αὐτὸν
NAS: in just the same way as you have watched
INT: will come in like manner you beheld him

Acts 7:28 N-AMS
GRK: θέλεις ὃν τρόπον ἀνεῖλες ἐχθὲς
INT: wish as way you put to death yesterday

Acts 15:11 N-AMS
GRK: καθ' ὃν τρόπον κἀκεῖνοι
NAS: in the same way as they also
KJV: we shall be saved, even as they.
INT: in same manner they also

Acts 27:25 N-AMS
GRK: καθ' ὃν τρόπον λελάληταί μοι
KJV: shall be even as it was told me.
INT: according to the way it has been said to me

Romans 3:2 N-AMS
GRK: κατὰ πάντα τρόπον πρῶτον μὲν
NAS: in every respect. First of all,
KJV: Much every way: chiefly, because
INT: in every way chiefly indeed

Philippians 1:18 N-DMS
GRK: ὅτι παντὶ τρόπῳ εἴτε προφάσει
NAS: that in every way, whether
KJV: every way, whether
INT: as great in every way whether in pretext

2 Thessalonians 2:3 N-AMS
GRK: κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον ὅτι ἐὰν
NAS: in any way deceive
KJV: any means: for
INT: in not one way because [it will not be] if

2 Thessalonians 3:16 N-DMS
GRK: ἐν παντὶ τρόπῳ ὁ κύριος
NAS: in every circumstance. The Lord
KJV: by all means. The Lord [be] with
INT: in every way The Lord [be]

2 Timothy 3:8 N-AMS
GRK: ὃν τρόπον δὲ Ἰαννῆς
KJV: Now as Jannes and
INT: by which way moreover Jannes

Hebrews 13:5 N-NMS
GRK: Ἀφιλάργυρος ὁ τρόπος ἀρκούμενοι τοῖς
NAS: [Make sure that] your character is free from the love of money,
KJV: [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness;
INT: without covetousness [let your] the manner of life [be] satisfied

Jude 1:7 N-AMS
GRK: τὸν ὅμοιον τρόπον τούτοις ἐκπορνεύσασαι
NAS: them, since they in the same way as these
KJV: in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication,
INT: in like manner with them having indulged in sexual immorality