Trypho (theologian)

{{Short description|Greek bible scholar}}

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Trypho ({{Langx|el|Τρύφων|Tryphōn}}; {{fl|c. AD 240}}) was a Christian theologian and Bible scholar of the 3rd century. He was a pupil of Origen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholiccrossreference.online/fathers/index.php/Num+19:8;+Num+19:12;+Num+19:13|title=Church Fathers Scripture Index|website=www.catholiccrossreference.online}}Jerome. (2010:81). On Illustrious Men (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 100). United States: Catholic University of America Press.

In Jerome's De viris illustribus, he writes that Trypho wrote on the red heifer (Numbers 19) and about the sacrifices offered by Abraham in Genesis 9.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/203/2030440.htm|title=Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. III: Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men.: Trypho the pupil of Origen.|website=www.sacred-texts.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2708.htm|title=CHURCH FATHERS: De Viris Illustribus (Jerome)|website=www.newadvent.org}} He may be the same Tryphon as is named as a martyr in the Acta Tryphonis, who died in the Decian persecution of 249–51.{{Cite web|url=https://dacb.org/stories/egypt/trypho/|title=Trypho|first=Smith, Clyde|last=Curry|date=May 8, 2023|website=Dictionary of African Christian Biography}}