Trow

TROW tro:

An obsolete verb meaning "to believe"; compare "trust" and the German trauen. It occurs only in Luke 17:9, the King James Version "Doth he thank that servant. ...? I trow not," as a translation of ou doko, "I believe not." The words ou doko, however, are not part of the original text, but are a later gloss to supply an answer to the question, and hence, "I trow not" is omitted by the Revised Version (British and American).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TROW'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.