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verb

Greekψωμίζω (psōmizō)
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psōmizamō

Strong’sG5595

I feed, dole out

stem psōmiz-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

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.).†

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

Strong’s G5595 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpso-mid'-zo

to supply with bits, i.e. (generally) to nourish

Fromfrom the base of G5596;

King James(bestow to) feed.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ψωμ-ίζω,
future Attic dialect -ιῶLXX:—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

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

feed1×give away1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
psōmizameiaψωμίσωhappened · Iaorist active subjunctive 1st person singulargive away1×
psōmizasōrψώμιζεhappening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singularfeed1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularpsōmizamōpsōmizamepsōmizamipsōmizamapsōmizamēpsōmizamelē
you 2nd person singularpsōmizasōpsōmizasepsōmizasipsōmizasapsōmizasēpsōmizaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularpsōmizatōpsōmizatepsōmizatipsōmizatapsōmizatēpsōmizatelē
we 1st person pluralpsōmizanōpsōmizanepsōmizanipsōmizanapsōmizanēpsōmizanelē
ye 2nd person pluralpsōmizavōpsōmizavepsōmizavipsōmizavapsōmizavēpsōmizavelē
they 3rd person pluralpsōmizalōpsōmizalepsōmizalipsōmizalapsōmizalēpsōmizalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularpsōmizameiōpsōmizameia1×ψωμίσωpsōmizameiē
you 2nd person singularpsōmizaseiōpsōmizaseiapsōmizaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularpsōmizateiōpsōmizateiapsōmizateiē
we 1st person pluralpsōmizaneiōpsōmizaneiapsōmizaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralpsōmizaveiōpsōmizaveiapsōmizaveiē
they 3rd person pluralpsōmizaleiōpsōmizaleiapsōmizaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, 1 occurrence
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularpsōmizasōr1×ψώμιζεpsōmizasarpsōmizasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularpsōmizatōrpsōmizatarpsōmizatēr
ye 2nd person pluralpsōmizavōrpsōmizavarpsōmizavēr
they 3rd person pluralpsōmizalōrpsōmizalarpsōmizalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularpsōmizamoiōpsōmizamoia
you 2nd person singularpsōmizasoiōpsōmizasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularpsōmizatoiōpsōmizatoia
we 1st person pluralpsōmizanoiōpsōmizanoia
ye 2nd person pluralpsōmizavoiōpsōmizavoia
they 3rd person pluralpsōmizaloiōpsōmizaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicepsōmizarōpsōmizaripsōmizarapsōmizarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicepsōmizarōntospsōmizarintospsōmizarantospsōmizarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
psōmizstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

psōmiz 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

psōmizameia“give away”happened · Iaorist active subjunctive 1st person singular1×

1 Corinthians 13:3“give away”kai ean psōmizameia panteim teim huparcharōnteim mu, kai ean …If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in …

psōmizasōr“feed”happening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singular1×

Romans 12:20alla ean peinateiō tos echthros su, psōmizasōr auton; ean dipsateiō, potizasōr auton; houtem …… contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give …