Quick Definition
provision, nourishment, food
Strong's Definition
a provisioning, i.e. (concretely) food
Derivation: from a compound of G1909 (ἐπί) and a derivative of G4621 (σῖτος);
KJV Usage: victuals
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).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπισιτισμός episitismos 1x
supply of food, provisions, Luk_9:12
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπισιτισμός , -οῦ , ὁ
( < ἐπισιτίζομαι , to supply with provisions ),
[in LXX : Gen_42:25 , al. ( H6720 ), Jdt_2:18 ; Jdt_4:5 ;]
1. a foraging .
2. provisions, food: Luk_9:12 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπισιτισμός [page 243]
OGIS 200 .15 (iv/A.D.) θρέψαντες αὐτοὺς βόεσίν τε καὶ ἐπισιτ [ισ ]μῷ ἀννών (ης ). Cf. s.v. ἁρπαγμός .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐπισιτισμός [Etym: from ἐπισι_τίζομαι] ἐπισι_τισμός, ὁ, "a furnishing oneself with provisions, foraging", Xen. "a stock or store of provisions", id=Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐπισιτισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(ἐπισιτίζομαι, to supply with provisions), [in LXX: Gen.42:25, al. (צֵידָה), Jdth.2:18 4:5 ;]
__1. a foraging.
__2. provisions, food: Luk.9:12.†
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