ψίξ (psix) — scrap / crumb | UBS Greek Dictionary

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ψίξ; ψιχός

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.’|This word is found as a variant reading only: ἐπιθυμῶν χορτασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης ‘being glad to eat the scraps that fall from the table’ OET LUK 16:21 (apparatus).

Show passage in OET: LUK 16:21

OET-RV LUK 16:21

21 where he lay, hoping to get any food that might fall off the rich man’s table. The dogs even came and licked his ulcers,

OET-LV LUK 16:21

21 and desiring to _be _satisfied from which falling from the table of _the rich man, but even the dogs coming were _licking _up the ulcers of _him.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ψίξ

Form 1

Sense 1: scrap, crumb