to feed/dole out • ψωμίζω • G5595

Lexical Definition

‎ψωμίζω‎ psōmízō (pso-mid'-zo) to feed/dole out ^G:V
from the base of ‎ψωμίον‎

(bestow to) feed.

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

Usage: 12 forms in 19 verses

Form	Translated As	In Verse(s)
ψώμιζε	do feed	Rom.12.20
ψωμισάτω	feed	LXX.2Sam.13.5
ψωμιούσι	they shall feed	LXX.Dan.4.25 • LXX.Dan.4.32
ψωμιείσ	You shall feed	LXX.Ps.80.5
ψωμιεί	he will feed	LXX.Isa.58.14
	shall feed us	LXX.Num.11.18
	will feed us	LXX.Num.11.4
ψωμίσω	I shall give away	1Cor.13.3
ψωμίσαντόσ	feeding	LXX.Deut.8.16
ψωμίζω	will feed	LXX.Jer.9.15
	will feed them	LXX.Jer.23.15
εψώμισεν	He fed	LXX.Deut.32.13 • LXX.Ps.81.16
εψώμισέ	fed	LXX.Deut.8.3 • LXX.Ezek.3.2
	he fed me	LXX.Lam.3.16
εψώμισά	I fed	LXX.Ezek.16.19
εψώμιζον	was fed	LXX.Dan.5.21

Abbott-Smith

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.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Book	Refs
Numbers	11:4
Romans	12:20
1 Corinthians	13:3

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ψωμίζω-ίζω,

future Attic dialect -ιῶ[LXX]:—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 ψωμίζωίζεται with what tit-bits he is fed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II give food by hand, σῖτον οὐδ᾽ ἐάν τις ψωμίζωίζῃ δύνανται καταπιεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; bestow for food, ψ. πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα [NT]
__II.2 bait, ἄγκιστρον [Refs]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Num.11.4 ☩ 1Cor.13.3}