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noun · neuter

sitometriem

Greekσιτομέτριον (sitometrion)

Strong’sG4620

a measured portion of grain or food

stem sitometri-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

food allowance

What it means

*† σιτομέτριον, -ου, τό

(< σιτομετρέω, Ge 47:12, 14 *, = Attic τὸν σῖτον μετρέω),

a measured portion of food: Lk 12:42 (for exx. in π., v. Deiss., BS, 158; LAE, 1031).†

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

Strong’s G4620 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsit-om'-et-ron

a grain-measure, i.e. (by implication) ration (allowance of food)

Fromfrom G4621 and G3358;

King Jamesportion of meat.

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 caseone singularmore than one plural
subject or object directsitometriemsitometrieim
of, belonging to genitivesitometrieusitometrieiu
to, for dativesitometriesitometriei

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
sitometristem+egender+muits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

sitometrie 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

sitometriem

Luke 12:42“food allowance”kai legata tos kurios; Tinos ara atō tos pistos oikonomos, tos fronimos, hon kathistanati tos kurios epi tau therapeiau autou teu dōarō en kairo tem sitometriem?And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?