STRONGS G5595:
ψωμίζω; 1 aorist
ἐψώμισά; (
ψωμός, a bit, a morsel; see
ψσομιον);
a. to feed by putting a bit or crumb (of food) into the mouth (of infants, the young of animals, etc.):
τινα τίνι (
Aristophanes,
Aristotle,
Plutarch,
Geoponica,
Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 5, 62;
Porphyry,
Jamblichus).
b. universally,
to feed, nourish (the
Sept. for
הֶאֱכִיל) (
Winer's Grammar, § 2, 1 b.):
τινα,
Romans 12:20;
Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 55, 2 [ET]; with the accusative of the thing,
to give a thing to feed someone, feed out to (
Vulg. distribuo in cibos pauperun (
A. V. bestow... to feed the poor)):
1 Corinthians 13:3; in the O. T.
τινα τί, Sir. 15:3; Wis. 16:20;
Numbers 11:4;
Deuteronomy 32:13;
Psalm 79:6 (
Ps. 80:6);
Isaiah 58:14, etc.; cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 32, 4 a. note.
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