UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: σιτομέτριον; -ου

Constructions: σιτομέτριον; σῖτος; μετρέω

Sense 1: a due amount of food rations

Semantic entry: 5.3

Semantic domains: Foods and Condiments

Subdomains: Food

Definition: an appropriate portion or ration of food (a type of food allowance)

Notes: It is possible to interpret σιτομέτριον in RV LUK 12:42 · LV LUK 12:42 · Read together LUK 12:42 as ‘the proper amount of food’ or ‘the food that was due them’ or ‘the food that should be given (to the servants).’ Since σιτομέτριον is a semantically complex term consisting of two quite distinct components, it is usually necessary to employ a phrase as a proper equivalent.

LUK 12:42: RV LUK 12:42 · LV LUK 12:42 · Read together LUK 12:42

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OET-RV LUK 12:42

42 The master answered, “So what would a faithful and wise slave be like, that the master might make into a manager over all his slaves, the one to give them their rations?

OET-LV LUK 12:42

42 And the master said:
Who consequently is the faithful prudent manager the, whom the master will _be _appointing over the service of _him, which to _be _giving ration in season?

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

σιτομέτριον

Form 1

Sense 1: a due amount of food rations