Strong's Lexicon
G5595 — ψωμίζω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5595 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ψωμίζω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from the base of G5596 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | psomizo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pso-mid'-zo |
| Meaning: | 1. to supply with bits 2. (generally) to nourish |
| KJV Renderings: | (bestow to) feed |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ψωμίζω; 1 aorist ἐψώμισά; (ψωμός, a bit, a morsel; see ψσομιον);
a. to feed by putting a bit or crumb (of food) into the mouth (of infants, the young of animals, etc.): τινα τίνι (Aristophanes, Aristotle, Plutarch, Geoponica, Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 5, 62; Porphyry, Jamblichus).
b. universally, to feed, nourish (the Sept. for äÆàÁëÄéì) (Winer’s Grammar, § 2, 1 b.): τινα, Rom 12:20; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 55, 2 [ET]; with the accusative of the thing, to give a thing to feed someone, feed out to (Vulg. distribuo in cibos pauperun (A. V. bestow ... to feed the poor)): 1Co 13:3; in the O. T. τινα τί, Sir 15:3; Wis 16:20; Num 11:4; Deu 32:13; Psa 79:6 (); Isa 58:14, etc.; cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 32, 4 a. note.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ψωμίζω ((bestow to) feed)
Romans 12:20
- KJV: Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him if he thirst give him drink for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head
- GK: εάν ούν πεινά ο εχθρός σου ψώμιζε αυτόν εάν διψά πότιζε αυτόν τούτο γαρ ποιών άνθρακας πυρός σωρεύσεις επί την κεφαλήν αυτού
1 Corinthians 13:3
- KJV: And though I bestow all my goods to feed and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it profiteth me nothing
- GK: και εάν ψωμίσω πάντα τα υπάρχοντά μου και εάν παραδώ το σώμά μου ίνα καυθήσωμαι αγάπην δε μη έχω ουδέν ωφελούμαι