noun · masculine
sitos
Greekσῖτος (sitos)
Strong’sG4621
wheat, grain
stem sit-14 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
σῖτος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for דָּגָן;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4621 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsee'-tos
grain, especially wheat
Fromof uncertain derivation;
King Jamescorn, wheat.
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 | sitos | sitois |
| object accusative | siton9×σῖτον | sitoin |
| direct address vocative | sitor | sitoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | sitou5×σίτου | sitoiu |
| to, for dative | sito | sitoi |
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
sito 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
14 occurrences, every one of them listed
siton“wheat”objectaccusative singular9×
Matthew 3:12“wheat”hou tem ptuem en ta cheira autou, kai diakatharizati tan halōnan autou kai sunagati ton siton autou eis tan apothēkan, tem de achurem katakaiati pure asbeste.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.”
Matthew 13:29“wheat”tos de fēatō; Ou, mēpote sullegarōtois teim zizanieim ekrizaveia hama autoi ton siton;‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
Matthew 13:30“wheat”afiēkavar sunauxanirō amfotereim mechris tou therismou; kai en kairo tou therismou legami toi theristoi; Sullegavar prōtem teim zizanieim kai davar auteim eis desmain pros tem katakaiara auteim, ton de siton sunagavar eis tan apothēkan mu.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.’”
Mark 4:28“grain”automatas tas gēas karpoforatō, prōtem chorton, eita stachuon, eita plēron siton en to stachuo.All by itself the earth produces a crop— first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.
Luke 3:17“wheat”hou tem ptuem en ta cheira autou diakathairara tan halōnan autou kai sunagara ton siton eis tan apothēkan autou, tem de achurem katakaiati pure asbeste.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.”
Luke 12:18“grain”kai legata; Houtem poiami; kathairami mu tain apothēkain kai megoterain oikodomami, kai sunagami ekei panton ton siton kai teim agatheim mu,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.
Luke 22:31“wheat”Simōnor Simōnor, idou tos Satanaos exaiteta vin teu siniazara hōs ton siton;Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.
Acts 27:38“wheat”korennuiratois de trofēau koufizale tem ploiem ekballerōtois ton siton eis tan thalassan.After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.
Revelation 18:13“wheat”kai kinnamōmem kai amōmem kai thumiameim kai murem kai libanon kai oinon kai elaiem kai semidalian kai siton kai ktēneim kai probateim, kai hippoiu kai redaiu kai sōmeiu, kai psuchain anthrōpoiu.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.
sitou“wheat”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
Matthew 13:25“wheat”en de te katheudarō toin anthrōpoin erchata autou tos echthros kai epispeirata zizanieim ana mesem tou sitou kai aperchata.But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
Luke 16:7“wheat”epeita hetero legata; Sis de posem ofeilasō? tos de legata; Hekaton koroin sitou; legatō auto; Dechesar su teim grammeim kai grafasar ogdoēkonta.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.
John 12:24“wheat”amēn amēn legamō vi, ean mē tos kokkos tou sitou piptaratos eis tan gēan apothnēskateia, autos monos menatō; ean de apothnēskateia, pollon karpon feratō.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.
1 Corinthians 15:37“wheat”kai hem speirasō, ouk tem sōmem tem gineritem speirasō alla gumnon kokkon ei tunchanatoia sitou ē tineu teiu loipeiu;And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
Revelation 6:6“wheat”kai akouama hōs fōnan en mese teiu tessares zōeiu legarōtan; Choinixas sitou dēnarieu, kai treis choinixais krithaiu dēnarieu; kai tem elaiem kai ton oinon mē adikaseia.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.”