Quick Definition
I sift, prove by trials
Strong's Definition
to riddle (figuratively)
Derivation: from (a sieve);
KJV Usage: sift
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σινιάζω: 1 aorist infinitive σινιάσαι; (σινίον 'a sieve,' 'winnowing-van'; an ecclesiastical and Byzantine word (cf. Macarius, homil. 5, p. 73f (496 a., Migne edition))); to sift, shake in a sieve: τινα ὡς τόν σῖτον, i. e., dropping the figure, by inward agitation to try one's faith to the verge of overthrow, Luk_22:31. (Ecclesiastical writings (cf. Winer's Grammar, 92 (87), 26; (25), and see above).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σινιάζω siniazō 1x
to sift; met. to sift by trials and temptations, Luk_22:31
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† σινιάω
( < σίνιον , a sieve ), = σήθω ,
to sift, winnow: fig ., Luk_22:31 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σινιάζω [page 575]
sift, shake in a sieve ( Luk_22:31 ) : cf. P Ryl II. 139 .9 (A.D. 34) τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν ποιουμένου οὗ εἶχον σεννίου καὶ ψυγμοῦ , making an inspection of my . . . and drying-floor, where the editors think that the new word σέννιον may be connected with σινιάζω , and compare P Strass I, 45 .11 (A.D. 312) εἰς τοὺς σ̣εινι̣ους τόπους , and note. The verb, like the late noun σινίον from which it comes, is of unknown derivation (Boisacq p. 866).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σινιάζω σινιάζω, [Etym: σινίον] = σήθω, "to sift, winnow", NTest. [Etym: from σινίον]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σινιάω
(σίνιον, a sieve), = σήθω,
to sift, winnow: figuratively, Luk.22:31.†
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