Strong's Lexicon
G1979 — ἐπισιτισμός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1979 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπισιτισμός |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G1909 and a derivative of G4621 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | episitismos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ee-sit-is-mos' |
| Meaning: | 1. a provisioning 2. (concretely) food |
| KJV Renderings: | victuals |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπισιτισμός, ἐπισιτισμοῦ, ὁ (ἐπιστίζομαι to provision oneself);
1. a foraging, providing food (Xenophon, Plutarch, others).
2. supplies, provisions, food (A. V. victuals): Luk 9:12 (the Sept., Xenophon, Demosthenes, Herodian, others).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπισιτισμός (victuals)
Luke 9:12
- KJV: And when the day began to wear away then came the twelve and said unto him Send the multitude away that they may go into the towns and country round about and lodge and get victuals for we are here in a desert place
- GK: η δε ημέρα ήρξατο κλίνειν προσελθόντες δε οι δώδεκα είπον αυτώ απόλυσον τον όχλον ίνα απελθόντες εις τας κύκλω κώμας και τους αγρούς καταλύσωσι και εύρωσιν επισιτισμόν ότι ώδε εν ερήμω τόπω εσμέν
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