Dish
παροψίςStrong’s G3953paropsis
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Paropsis is the Greek word usually translated “dish”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.”
Meaning
Usually translated “dish”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- dish 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 2
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Greek dictionary
παροψίς paropsis · dish
παρ-οψίς, -ίδος, ἡ (παρά, ὄψον; see: ὀψάριον), 1. a side-dish of dainties (Xen., al.). 2. In Comic poets and late prose, the dish itself on which the dainties are served: Mat.23:25-26 (In this sense it is condemned by the Atticists; see Rutherford, NPhr., 265 f.)† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISH, noun
[Gr., Latin It is the same word as disk and desk, and seems to signify something flat, plain or extended.]
- A broad open vessel, made of various materials, used for serving up meat and various kinds of food at the table.
- The meat or provisions served in a dish Hence, any particular kind of food.
- Among miners, a trough in which ore is measure, about 28 inches long, 4 deep and 6 wide.
All definitions and other forms of “dish”
DISH, verb transitive
To put in a dish; as, the meat is all dished, and ready for the table.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.