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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #5595 - ψωμίζω

Transliteration

psōmízō

Phonetics

pso-mid'-zo

Origin

from the base of (G5596)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

to feed by putting a bit or crumb (of food) into the mouth
1. of infants, young animals etc.
to feed, nourish
to give a thing to feed someone, feed out to

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 398 ‑ אָכַל (aw‑kal'); 939 ‑ בּוּזָה (boo‑zaw'); 1262 ‑ בָּרָה (baw‑raw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (3)

Romans

1 Corinthians

NAS (3)

Romans

1 Corinthians

HCS (2)

Romans

1 Corinthians

BSB (2)

Romans

1 Corinthians

ESV (2)

Romans

1 Corinthians

WEB (3)

Romans

1 Corinthians

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ψωμ-ίζω,

fut. Att. -ιῶ LXX Numbers 11:4 : —

feed by putting little bits into the mouth, as nurses do to children, Ar. Th. 692, Lys. 19, Hp. Morb. 4.54; or sick people, Id. Epid. 7.3; ψ. τινά τι LXX l. c.: — Pass., ἐπίσταμαι γὰρ.., οἷς ψωμίζεται with what tit-bits he is fed, Ar. Eq. 715.

II give food by hand, σῖτον οὐδ' ἐάν τις ψωμίζῃ δύνανται καταπιεῖν Arist. HA 592a30; bestow for food, ψ. πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα 1 Corinthians 13:3.

2. bait, ἄγκιστρον PFay. 2 iii 14 (Lyr.Adesp.).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ψωμίζω

(< ψωμός , a morsel),

[in LXX chiefly for H398 hi.;]

to feed with morsels (as children or the sick; Hippocr.), hence, generally, in late writers, to feed, nourish: c. acc pers., Romans 12:20 (LXX); c. acc rei, to give out for food, 1 Corinthians 13:3 (cf. WM, § 32, 4an; for dupl. acc, cf. Numbers 11:4, Sirach 15:3, al.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

εψώμιζον εψώμισά εψώμισέ εψώμισεν ψωμιεί ψωμιείς ψωμιζε ψώμιζε ψωμίζω ψωμιούσι ψωμίσαντός ψωμισάτω ψωμισω ψωμίσω psomiso psomíso psōmisō psōmísō psomize psōmize psṓmize

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