G5595: ψωμίζω (psōmízō)

G5595 ψωμίζω (psōmízō)

Greek

Quick Definition

ψωμίζω v. I feed, dole out

Strong's Definition

from the base of 5596; to supply with bits, i.e. (generally) to nourish

KJV Usage: (bestow to) feed

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ψωμίζω (G5595)

verb | ψώχω

23.5 · Physiological Processes and States · Eat, Drink

to feed, to give to eat to cause someone to eat

ROM 12:20

57.113 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Give

to give away, to dole out (a figurative extension of meaning of ψωμίζω[a] ‘to feed, to give to eat,’ 23.5) to give away or dole out, with the probable implication of bit by bit

1CO 13:3

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ψωμίζω; 1 aor. ἐψώμισα; (ψωμός, a bit,a morsel; see ψωμίον) ; a. lo feed by putting a bit or crumb (of food) into the mouth (of infants, the young of animals, etc.) : τινά τινι (Arstph., Aristot., Plut., Geop., Artem. oneir. 5, 62; Porphyr., Jambl.). b. univ. to feed, nourish, (Sept. for 2287) [W. § 2, 1 b.]: τινά, Ro. xii. 20; Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 55,2; with the ace. of the thing, to give a thing to feed some one, feed out to, (Vulg. distribuo in cibos pauperum [A. V. bestow... to feed the poor}): 1Co. xiii.3; inthe O. T. τινά τι, Sir. xv. 3; Sap. xvi. 20; Num. xi.4; Deut. xxxii.13; Ps. lxxix. (Ixxx.) 6: Is. lviii. 14, οἵα. ; cf. W.§ 32, 4 a. note.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ψωμίζω psōmizō 2x

pr. to feed by morsels; hence, genr. to feed, supply with food, Rom. 12:20; to bestow in supplying food, 1 Cor. 13:3*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ψωμίζω

(< ψωμός, a morsel), [in LXX chiefly for אכל hi. ;]

to feed with morsels (as children or the sick; Hippocr.), hence, generally, in late writers, to feed, nourish: c. acc. pers., Ro 12:20 (LXX); c. acc rei, to give out for food, I Co 13:3 (cf. WM, § 32, 4an; for dupl. acc., cf. Nu 11:4, Si 15:3, al.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ψωμίζω. For ψωμίζω which in late Greek has come to be used = “‘feed,’’ “‘nourish,” generally (cf. Rom 122°, 1 Cor 133), cf. the subst. ψώμισμα in the food-contract BGU IV. 1058? (B.c. 13) (as read Chrest. II. p. 78z) σὺν ἐλαίωι καὶ ψωμίσματι, ‘with oil and bread.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ψωμίζω (psōmizō) — to feed/dole out. ψωμ-ίζω, future Attic dialect -ιῶ[LXX]:—feed by putting little bits into the mouth, as nurses do to children, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or sick people, [Refs] —passive, ἐπίσταμαι γὰρ.., οἷς ψωμίζεται with what tit-bits he is fed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. give food by hand, σῖτον οὐδ᾽ ἐάν τις ψωμίζῃ δύνανται καταπιεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; bestow for food, ψ. πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα [NT]

II.2. bait, ἄγκιστρον [Refs]