Words

σιτομετρέω G91146

Home gloss

measure out grain

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

— / provided / measured out grain

Note

To dole grain by measure (Gen 47:12, 14); Luke 12:42 τὸ σιτομέτριον "the measure of grain." Of σῖτος "grain" and μετρέω

Rulings

2, 39

Occurrences (2)

Genesis 47 (Septuagint)

• 47:12 And Joseph measured out grain to his father and to his brothers and to all the house of his father, grain according to body.
• 47:14 Now Joseph gathered all the silver that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they were buying, and he measured out grain to them; and Joseph carried all the silver into the house of Pharaoh.