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σιτίον

MainId: 004521000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4621a

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004521001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: σιτίον
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ου
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'σῖτος', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004521001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 3.42
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Plants
  LEXSubDomains: Fruit Parts of Plants
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-11 11:19:45
    DefinitionShort: (a diminutive form of {L:σῖτος} ‘grain,’ {D:3.41}, but not diminutive in meaning) any grain, but with the evident implication of its relevance as food.
    Glosses: ['grain', 'food']
    Comments: (See also {D:5.2}.) On the basis of this one NT occurrence it is impossible to know whether the meaning of σιτία is ‘grain’ or ‘food,’ since in the phrase σιτία καὶ ποτά ‘food and drink’ (an expression occurring in a number of extrabiblical contexts), the term σιτίον contrasts solid with liquid nourishment.
  LEXReferences: ACTs 7:12
  LEXLinks: flora:3.1.4
2. LEXID: 004521001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 5.2
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Foods and Condiments
  LEXSubDomains: Food
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-11 11:19:45
    DefinitionShort: (diminutive of {L:σῖτος}[a] ‘wheat, grain,’ {D:3.41}, but without diminutive meaning and occurring primarily in the plural) food consisting principally of grain products
    Glosses: ['food', 'grain']
    Comments: It is, of course, possible in {S:04400701200010} to understand the plural form as ‘grain’ (see {D:3.42}), but the reference is probably to food made from grain, a common meaning of this term in Classical Greek.
  LEXReferences: ACTs 7:12