ψωμίζω (psōmizō) — to feed / to give to eat / to give away

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ψώχω

Sense 1: to feed, to give to eat

Semantic entry: 23.5

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Eat, Drink

Definition: to cause someone to eat

Show passage in OET: ROM 12:20

OET-RV ROM 12:20

20 But if your enemies are hungry, then feed them, and if they’re thirsty, then give them a drink, because you’ll be leaving them to their own shame and judgement.

OET-LV ROM 12:20

20 But if may _be _hungering the enemy of _you, be _feeding him, if he _may _be _thirsting, be _giving _to _drink him, because/for this doing, charcoal of _fire you _will _be _heaping on the head of _him.

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Sense 2: to give away, to dole out

Semantic entry: 57.113

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Give

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of ψωμίζω[a] ‘to feed, to give to eat,’ 23.5: ψωμίζω) to give away or dole out, with the probable implication of bit by bit

Show passage in OET: CO1 13:3

OET-RV CO1 13:3

3 Even if I gave everything I have to the poor, and even sacrifice my body so that I could boast, but didn’t love others, it wouldn’t be any use to me.

OET-LV CO1 13:3

3 And _if I _may _give _away all the things possessing of _me, and I _may _give _over the body of _me, in _order _that I _may _boast, but love not I _may _be _having, nothing I _am _being _benefitted.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ψωμίζω

Form 1

Sense 1: to feed, to give to eat

Sense 2: to give away, to dole out