Word Summary
sitos: grain
Original Word: σῖτοςTransliteration: sitos
Phonetic Spelling: (see'-tos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine; Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: grain
Meaning: grain
Strong's Concordance
corn, wheat.
Also plural irregular neuter sita (see'-tah) of uncertain derivation; grain, especially wheat -- corn, wheat.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4621: σῖτοςσῖτος,
σίτου,
ὁ (of uncertain origin; cf.
Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word), from
Homer down, the
Sept. chiefly for
דָּגָן,
wheat, grain:
Matthew 3:12;
Matthew 13:25, 29;
Mark 4:28;
Luke 3:17; (
Luke 12:18 WH Tr text);
Luke 16:7;
Luke 22:31;
John 12:24;
Acts 27:38;
1 Corinthians 15:37;
Revelation 6:6;
Revelation 18:13; plural
τά σῖτα (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 63 (62)),
Acts 7:12 Rec., and often in the
Sept..