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STRONGS NUMBER G4371
Transliteration: prosphagion
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-fag'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a relish (eaten with bread), fish
Meaning: a relish (eaten with bread), fish
προσφάγιον, προσφαγιου, τό (προσφάγειν (cf. πρός, IV. 2)), equivalent to ὄψον (on which see ὀψάριον), anything eaten with bread (Moeris (edited by Piers., p. 274, 1): ὄψον ἀττικως, προσφάγιον ἑλληνικως): spoken of fish boiled or broiled, John 21:5 (Schol., Lexicons (Moschion 55, p. 26; Roehl, Inscriptions graec. 395 a. 12)). Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples etc., p. 697f; Sturz, Dial. Maced. et Alex., p. 191.
Word Summary
prosphagion: a relish (eaten with bread), fish
Original Word: προσφάγιονTransliteration: prosphagion
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-fag'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a relish (eaten with bread), fish
Meaning: a relish (eaten with bread), fish
Strong's Concordance
fishNeuter of a presumed derivative of a compound of pros and phago; something eaten in addition to bread, i.e. A relish (specially, fish; compare opsarion) -- meat.
see GREEK pros
see GREEK phago
see GREEK opsarion
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4371: προσφάγιονπροσφάγιον, προσφαγιου, τό (προσφάγειν (cf. πρός, IV. 2)), equivalent to ὄψον (on which see ὀψάριον), anything eaten with bread (Moeris (edited by Piers., p. 274, 1): ὄψον ἀττικως, προσφάγιον ἑλληνικως): spoken of fish boiled or broiled, John 21:5 (Schol., Lexicons (Moschion 55, p. 26; Roehl, Inscriptions graec. 395 a. 12)). Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexamples etc., p. 697f; Sturz, Dial. Maced. et Alex., p. 191.