σῖτος sitos

Greek word for “grain” · Strong’s G4621 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

σῖτος, -ου, ὁ; wheat, corn: 13:25, 29-30, 12:18 16:7 22:32, 18:13.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for sitos in context, with how often each is used:

• wheat 12
• grain 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 13 (3), Matthew 3 (1), Mark 4 (1), Luke 3 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 16 (1), Luke 22 (1), John 12 (1), Acts 27 (1), 1 Corinthians 15 (1)

Forms

• σῖτον 9
• σίτου 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sitos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀποθήκη apothēkē “storehouse” 4
• ζιζάνιον zizanion “weed” 3
• κατακαίω katakaiō “to burn” 3
• συνάγω sunagō “to assemble” 4
• ἄχυρον achuron “chaff” 2
• ἅλων halōn “threshing-floor” 2
• πτύον ptuon “winnowing fork” 2
• ἄσβεστος asbestos “unquenchable” 2
• κόκκος kokkos “seed” 2
• συλλέγω sullegō “to collect” 2
• ἔλαιον elaion “olive oil” 2
• οἶνος oinos “wine” 2

Key verses

The verses using sitos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:12 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• Matthew 13:25 — But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
• Matthew 13:30 — Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to…
• Mark 4:28 — For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
• Luke 3:17 — Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
• Luke 12:18 — And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
• Luke 16:7 — Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
• Luke 22:31 — And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
• John 12:24 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
• Acts 27:38 — And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
• Revelation 6:6 — And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the…
• Revelation 18:13 — And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.