σῖτος
sitos
grain
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word σῖτος (sitos) has a simple yet fundamental definition, referring to grain or grain products. With 14 occurrences in the Bible, it appears in various contexts. The usage of σῖτος often relates to bread or food in general, indicating its importance as a staple in ancient diets. It can also refer to grain as a commodity or as the product of the earth. Its significance extends beyond the literal meaning of grain, as it often symbolizes nourishment, provision, and abundance. In the biblical text, σῖτος appears in narratives about daily life, provision, and scarcity, offering a glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of ancient communities relying on grain for sustenance. As a result, σῖτος becomes a significant word, touching on the basics of human existence and the relationship between people and their environments.
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Occurrences in Scripture
14 total occurrences across the text
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.”
Matthew 13:25but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds also among the wheat, and went away.
Matthew 13:29“But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.
Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
Mark 4:28For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Luke 3:17whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Luke 12:18He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
Luke 16:7Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
Luke 22:31The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat,
John 12:24Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Acts 27:38When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
1 Corinthians 15:37That which you sow, you don’t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.
Revelation 6:6I heard a voice in the middle of the four living creatures saying, “A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don’t damage the oil and the wine!”
Revelation 18:13and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people’s bodies and souls.