G5595

ψωμίζω

psōmizōG:V

to feed/dole out

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)

The KJV translates G5595 in the following manner:

feed (4x), bestow (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ψωμίζω — psōmízō

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, 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.

2 occurrences

Romans (1), I Corinthians (1)