σῖτος, σίτου, ὁ (of uncertain origin; cf. Vanicek, Fremdwörter, under the word), from Homer down, the Sept. chiefly for γΘΜβΘο, wheat, grain: Mat_3:12; Mat_13:25; Mat_13:29; Mar_4:28; Luk_3:17; (Luk_12:18 WH Tr text); Luk_16:7; Luk_22:31; Joh_12:24; Act_27:38; 1Co_15:37; Rev_6:6; Rev_18:13; plural τά σῖτα (cf. Winer's Grammar, 63 (62)), Act_7:12 Rec., and often in the Sept..

σῖτος sitos 14x corn, grain, wheat, Mat_3:12 ; Mat_13:25 ; Mat_13:29-30 ; Mar_4:28 grain; wheat.

σῖτος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H1715 ;] wheat, corn: Mat_3:12 ; Mat_13:25 ; Mat_13:29-30 Mar_4:28 , Luk_3:17 ; Luk_12:18 ; Luk_16:7 ; Luk_22:32 , Joh_12:24 , Act_27:38 , 1Co_15:37 , Rev_6:6 ; Rev_18:13 .† σιτίοι , -ου , τό (dimin. of σῖτος ), [in LXX : Pro_30:22 ( H3899 ) * ;] 1. corn, grain: Act_7:12 (but v. 131., § 9, 1). 2. Mostly in pl ., σιτία , bread, food, provisions ( LXX , l.c ., Hdt ., al. ).†

σῖτος / σιτίον [pages 575, 576] σῖτος corn : cf. P Cairo Zen I. 59001 .9 (B.C. 273) τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἡ τιμὴ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ σίτου , ib. 59004 .25 (B.C. 259 ?) ἀπὸ τοῦ σιτοποιηθέντος σίτου , ib. 59049 .3 (B.C. 257) πρὸς τῆι συν ]α̣.γω̣.γῆι τοῦ σίτου , P Cornell 1 .31 (B.C. 256) εἰς τὸν ἑτοιμαζόμενον σῖτον εἰς τὴν ἑορτὴν κο (τύλη ) α―, P Lond 42 .17 (B.C. 168) (= I. p. 30, UPZ i. p. 300, Selections , p. 10) εἰς πᾶν τι ἐληλυθυῖα διὰ τὴν τοῦ σίτου τιμήν , having come to the last extremity because of the high price of corn, P Par 59 .6 (B.C. 159) (= UPZ i. p. 413) ἠγώρακα σίτου ἀρ (τάβας ) β̄ (δραξμῶν ) χ̄λ̄ , and BGU I. 27 .15 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 101) ὥστε ἕως σήμερον μηδέν᾽ ἀπολελύσθαι τῶν μετὰ σίτου , so that up till today no one of us in the corn service has been let go (on this letter see W. M. Ramsay in Hastings DB v. p. 381). In the Byzantine Aphrodito papyri σῖτος is several times distinguished from κριθή , and means especially wheat, cf. P Lond IV. 1335 .7 (A.D. 709) with the editor s note. The τὰ σῖτα of Attic Greek is retained in the LXX in Job and Proverbs, see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 155. To the exx. of the very common adj. σιτικός we can now add P Bouriant 42 .57 (A.D. 167), and 44 (ii/A.D.). σιτίον corn (plur. provisions, food ) is read by the critical texts in Act_7:12 in place of the TR σῖτα . The same form is found in LXX Pro. 24:57 [MT Pro_30:22 ] ἐὰν . . ἄφρων πλησθῇ σιτίων , to which Field ( Notes , p. 114) adds Aelian V.H . v. 1. We can now cite P Giss I. 19 .6 (ii/A.D.), where the writer, in token of mourning, declares οὔτε σ̣ε̣ι̣τίοις ἡδέως προσέρχομαι , I have no pleasure in my food, and P Oxy VIII. 1158 .11 (iii/A.D.) ἀγόρασον ἡμῖν σε̣ι̣τ̣ία̣ εἰς τὴν χρῆσιν ἡμῶν , buy us some provisions for our use. Also Musonius p. 124 .4 φαρμάκοις γὰρ οὐκ ἔοικεν , ἀλλὰ σιτίοις ὑγιεινοῖς ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ . In MGr the dim. survives as σιτάρι (στάρι ), wheat. For the verb σιτέω cf. P Ryl II. 143 .2 (A.D. 38) τῶν ἐν τῷ Μουσείωι σειτουμένων φιλοσόφων , the philosophers maintained in the Museum (see further s.v . φιλόσοφος ), and for the subst. σιτ (ε )ία cf. BGU IV. 1067 .14 (A.D. 101 2) σιτία̣ς ̣ἄρτων .

σῖτος σῖτος, ηετερογ. πλ. σῖτα, ων, τά, "corn, grain", comprehending both wheat (πυρός) and barley (κριθή), Od. , Thuc. ; ς. ἀληλεσμένος "ground" corn, Hdt. , Thuc. "food made from grain, bread", as opp. to flesh-meat, Od. , Hdt. ; σῖτον ἔδοντες, a general epith. of men as opp. to beasts, Od. ; hence of savages, who eat flesh only, οὐδέ τι σῖτον ἤσθιον Hes. in wider sense, "meat", as opp. to "drink", σῖτος ἠδὲ ποτής Hom. ; σῖτα καὶ ποτά Hdt. , etc. rarely of beasts, "food, fodder", Hes. , Eur. in attic Law, "the public allowance of grain made to widows and orphans", Dem.

σῖτος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for דָּגָן ;] wheat, corn: Mat.3:12 13:25, 29-30 Mrk.4:28, Luk.3:17 12:18 16:7 22:32, Jhn.12:24, Act.27:38, 1Co.15:37, Rev.6:6 18:13.† σιτίοι, -ου, τό (dimin. of σῖτος), [in LXX: Pro.30:22 (לֶחֶם)* ;] __1. corn, grain: Act.7:12 (but see 131., § 9, 1). __2. Mostly in pl., σιτία, bread, food, provisions (LXX, l.with, Hdt., al.).† (AS)