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σῖτος

sitosgrainHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine15 occurrences7 books15 verses

Definition

σῖτος, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX chiefly for דָּגָן ;]

wheat, corn: Matthew 3:12; 13:25, 29-30, Mark 4:28, Luke 3:17; 12:18; 16:7; 22:32, John 12:24, Acts 27:38, 1 Corinthians 15:37, Revelation 6:6; 18:13.

σιτίοι, -ου, τό

(dimin. of σῖτος), [in LXX: Proverbs 30:22 (לֶחֶם)* ;]

1. corn, grain: Acts 7:12 (but see 131., § 9, 1).

2. Mostly in pl., σιτία, bread, food, provisions (LXX, l.with, Hdt., al.).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as σῖτος:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

15 total
  1. Matthew 3:12σῖτον · wheat
    His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  2. Matthew 13:25σίτου · wheat
    But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
  3. Matthew 13:29σῖτον · wheat
    ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
  4. Matthew 13:30σῖτον · [the] wheat
    Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
  5. Mark 4:28σῖτον · grain
    All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
  6. Luke 3:17σῖτον · wheat
    His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  7. Luke 12:18σῖτον · grain
    Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
  8. Luke 16:7σίτου · of wheat
    Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
  9. Luke 22:31σῖτον · wheat
    Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.
  10. John 12:24σίτου · of wheat
    Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
  11. Acts 7:12σιτία · grain
    When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
  12. Acts 27:38σῖτον · grain
    After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
  13. 1 Corinthians 15:37σίτου · of wheat
    And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
  14. Revelation 6:6σίτου · of wheat
    And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”
  15. Revelation 18:13σῖτον · wheat
    …of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and carriages; of bodies and souls of slaves.