UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: ψιχίον; -ου

Sense 1: scrap, crumb

Semantic entry: 5.5

Semantic domains: Foods and Condiments

Subdomains: Food

Definition: a small piece of food (normally bread)

Notes: In OET MAT 15:27, OET MRK 7:28, and OET LUK 16:21 (apparatus) the reference is to small crumbs or pieces of food that might fall from the table. In some languages an equivalent is ‘a small bit of food’ or ‘a tiny bite of food.’

Show passage in OET: MAT 15:27

OET-RV MAT 15:27

27 “True, master,” she said, “but even the puppies eat the little crumbs that fall off their masters’ table.”

OET-LV MAT 15:27

27 But she said:
Yes, master, because/for even the little _dogs is _eating of the little _crumbs which falling from the table of _the masters of _them.

Show passage in OET: MRK 7:28

OET-RV MRK 7:28

28 “Yes, master,” she responded, “but the puppies under the table do get to eat the little crumbs that the children drop.”

OET-LV MRK 7:28

28 And she answered and is _saying to _him:
Yes, master, even the little _dogs beneath the table are _eating of the little _crumbs of _the little _children.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ψιχίον

Form 1

Sense 1: scrap, crumb