noun · masculine
episitismos
Greekἐπισιτισμός (episitismos)
Strong’sG1979
provision, nourishment, food
stem episitism-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἐπισιτισμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< ἐπισιτίζομαι, to supply with provisions), [in LXX: Ge 42:25, al. (צֵדָה), Jth 2:18 4:5;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1979 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | episitismos | episitismois |
| object accusative | episitismon1×ἐπισιτισμόν | episitismoin |
| direct address vocative | episitismor | episitismoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | episitismou | episitismoiu |
| to, for dative | episitismo | episitismoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
episitismo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
episitismon“provisions”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 9:12“provisions”Tas de hēmeras archeta klinarō; prosercharatois de tois dōdeka legala auto; Apoluasar ton ochlon, hina poreuiratois eis tain kuklō kōmain kai agroin katalualeia kai heuriskaleia episitismon, hoti hōde en erēmo topo anō.As the day neared its end, the Twelve came to Jesus and said, “Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions. For we are in a desolate place here.”