Τρυφῶσα G5173
Tryphosa, a woman's name meaning 'delicate' or 'luxurious'
Paul greets Tryphosa in Romans 16:12, linked with Tryphaena as workers in the Lord. Like Tryphaena, her name suggests luxury or delicate living, yet Paul commends her labor for the gospel. She may have been Tryphaena's sister, or simply a close ministry partner. The pairing of these similarly-named women suggests they worked together in some aspect of the church's life. Beyond Paul's brief greeting, we know nothing about her, but that greeting secures her place in the record of early Christian faithfulness.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Paul's second greeting to a woman with a name suggesting luxury ironically highlights her actual identity as a hard worker for the Lord. The multilingual glosses preserve the proper name with slight transliteration variations. Whether Tryphosa and Tryphaena were biological sisters or spiritual colleagues, they clearly formed a ministry team recognized and valued by Paul. The mention of both women emphasizes the partnership and collaboration characterizing early Christian mission. These brief greetings in Romans 16 recover voices and contributions that might otherwise be lost to history. 1×
AR["تَرِيفُوسَا،"]·ben["ট্রুফোসাকে,"]·DE["Tryphosa"]·EN["Truphosa"]·FR["Tryphène"]·heb["טְרִיפוֹסָה"]·HI["त्रूफोसा-को"]·ID["Trifosa,"]·IT["Trifena"]·jav["Trifosa,"]·KO["드루보사"]·PT["Trifosa,"]·RU["-Трифосу"]·ES["a-Tryphōsan"]·SW["Trifosa,"]·TR["Trifosa'ya"]·urd["تروفوسا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Τρυφῶσα, -ης, ἡ, ς, ἡ Tryphosa: Rom.16:12 (see Lft., Phi., 175 f.).† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)