How to Pronounce Tryphon
TRYE-fuhn
Tryphon is pronounced TRYE-fuhn: two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Tryphon mean?
Tryphon means “masculine of Tryphena”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Tryphon?
A usurper of the Syrian throne. His proper name was Diodotus, and the surname Tryphon was given to him or adopted by him after his secession to power. He was a native of Cariana. 1 Macc. 11:39, 12:39-50, etc. “Tryphon, by treason and successive wars, gained supreme power, killed Antiochus and assumed the throne. “The coins bear his head as Antiochus and Trypho.”
Adapted from Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863), public domain.