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 δΖΰΑλΔιμ) (Winer's Grammar, § 2, 1 b.): τινα, Rom_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)): 1Co_13:3; in the O. T. τινα τί, Sir_15:3; Wis_16:20; Num_11:4; Deu_32:13; Psa_79:6 (); Isa_58:14, etc.; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 4 a. note.

ψωμίζω psōmizō 2x pr. to feed by morsels; hence, genr. to feed, supply with food, Rom_12:20 ; to bestow in supplying food, 1Co_13:3

ψωμίζω ( < ψωμός , a morsel ), [in LXX chiefly for H398 hi .;] to feed with morsels (as children or the sick; Hippocr.), hence, generally, in late writers, to feed, nourish: c . acc pers ., Rom_12:20 ( LXX ); c . acc rei , to give out for food, 1Co_13:3 ( cf. WM , § 32, 4an; for dupl . acc , cf. Num_11:4 , Sir_15:3 , al. ).†

ψωμίζω [page 699] For ψωμίζω which in late Greek has come to be used = feed, nourish, generally (cf. Rom. 12:20, 1Co. 13:3), cf. the subst. ψώμισμα in the food-contract BGU IV. 1058 .15 (B.C. 13) (as read Chrest. II. p. 181 ) ̣σ̣υ , ̣ν ἐλαίωι καὶ ψωμίσματι , with oil and bread.

ψωμίζω ψωμίζω, "to feed with sops or tid-bits", Ar. :— Pass., οἷς ψωμίζεται with what "tid-bits he is fed", id=Ar. "to employ in feeding" others, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα NTest.

ψωμίζω (ψωμός, a morsel), [in LXX chiefly for אָכַל hi. ;] to feed with morsels (as children or the sick; Hippocr.), hence, generally, in late writers, to feed, nourish: with accusative of person(s), Rom.12:20 (LXX); with accusative of thing(s), to give out for food, 1Co.13:3 (cf. WM, § 32, 4an; for dupl. accusative, cf. Num.11:4, Sir.15:3, al.).† (AS)