◄ 4620. sitometrion ►
Strong's Lexicon sitometrion: Measure of grain, ration Original Word: σιτομέτριον Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: sitometrion Pronunciation: see-to-MAY-tree-on Phonetic Spelling: (sit-om'-et-ron) Definition: Measure of grain, ration Meaning: a measured portion of grain or food. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from a comp. of sitos and metreó Definition a measured portion of food NASB Translation rations (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4620: σιτομέτριον σιτομέτριον, σιτομετριου, τό (Attic writers said τόν σῖτον μέτρειν; out of which later writers formed the compound σιτομέτρειν, Genesis 47:12,(14); Polybius 4, 63, 10; Diodorus 19, 50; Josephus, contra Apion 1, 14, 7; σιτομετρία, Diodorus 2, 41; (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 383; Winer's Grammar, 25)), "a measured 'portion of' grain or 'food'": Luke 12:42. (Ecclesiastical and Byzantine writings.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance ration, portion of meat. From sitos and metron; a grain-measure, i.e. (by implication) ration (allowance of food) -- portion of meat. see GREEK sitos see GREEK metron Forms and Transliterations σιτομετριον σιτομέτριον σιτοποιού sitometrion sitométrion Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Luke 12:42 N-ANS GRK: καιρῷ τὸ σιτομέτριον NAS: to give them their rations at the proper time? KJV: to give [them their] portion of meat in INT: season the measure of food Strong's Greek 4620 1 Occurrence σιτομέτριον — 1 Occ.