noun · feminine

paropsias

Greekπαροψίς (paropsis)

Strong’sG3953

a bowl, dish, platter

stem paropsi-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

dish1×dish,1×

What it means

* παρ-οψίς, -ίδος, ἡ

(< παρά, ὄψον; v.s. ὀψάριον),

1. a side-dish of dainties (Xen., al.).

2. In Comic poets and late prose, the dish itself on which the dainties are served: Mt 23:25, 26 (In this sense it is condemned by the Atticists; v. Rutherford, NPhr., 265 f.)†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3953 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-op-sis'

a side-dish (the receptacle)

Fromfrom G3844 and the base of G3795;

King Jamesplatter.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	paropsias	paropsiais
object accusative	paropsian	paropsiain
direct address vocative	paropsiar	paropsiair
of, belonging to genitive	paropsiau2×παροψίδος	paropsiaiu
to, for dative	paropsia	paropsiai

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

paropsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

paropsia 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

paropsiau“dish”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Matthew 23:25“dish”Ouai vi, grammatevoir kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti katharizavō tem exōthen teu potērieu kai tau paropsiau, esōthen de gemalō ek harpagau kai akrasiau.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

Matthew 23:26“dish,”Farisaior tuflor, katharizasar prōtem tem entos teu potērieu kai tau paropsiau, hina gineteia kai tem ektos auteu katharem.Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.