King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4620
Transliteration: sitometrion
Phonetic Spelling: (sit-om'-et-ron)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a measured portion of food
Meaning: a measured portion of food
σιτομέτριον, σιτομετριου, τό (Attic writers said τόν σῖτον μέτρειν; out of which later writers formed the compound σιτομέτρειν, Genesis 47:12,(14); Polybius 4, 63, 10; Diodorus 19, 50; Josephus, contra Apion 1, 14, 7; σιτομετρία, Diodorus 2, 41; (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 383; Winer's Grammar, 25)), "a measured 'portion of' grain or 'food'": Luke 12:42. (Ecclesiastical and Byzantine writings.)
Word Summary
sitometrion: a measured portion of food
Original Word: σιτομέτριονTransliteration: sitometrion
Phonetic Spelling: (sit-om'-et-ron)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a measured portion of food
Meaning: a measured portion of food
Strong's Concordance
ration, portion of meat. From sitos and metron; a grain-measure, i.e. (by implication) ration (allowance of food) -- portion of meat.
see GREEK sitos
see GREEK metron
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4620: σιτομέτριονσιτομέτριον, σιτομετριου, τό (Attic writers said τόν σῖτον μέτρειν; out of which later writers formed the compound σιτομέτρειν, Genesis 47:12,(14); Polybius 4, 63, 10; Diodorus 19, 50; Josephus, contra Apion 1, 14, 7; σιτομετρία, Diodorus 2, 41; (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 383; Winer's Grammar, 25)), "a measured 'portion of' grain or 'food'": Luke 12:42. (Ecclesiastical and Byzantine writings.)