What does παροψίς (paropsís) mean in the Bible?
παροψίς (paropsís): A dish for serving delicacies; in NT, the actual plate or platter itself rather than its contents.
Greek · G3953
παροψίς
A side-dish (the receptacle)
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παροψίς G3953
Pronunciation paropsís
What does παροψίς (paropsís) mean in the Bible?
παροψίς (paropsís): A dish for serving delicacies; in NT, the actual plate or platter itself rather than its contents.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3953?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include dish (2).
Where does παροψίς (paropsís) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It dish 2× Matthew 23:25, Matthew 23:26
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:25
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Matthew 2
Source forms
παροψίδος 2x paropsidos Matthew 23:25, Matthew 23:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 23:25, Matthew 23:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A dish for serving delicacies; in NT, the actual plate or platter itself rather than its contents.
Strong's G3953
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a side-dish (the receptacle)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A dish for serving delicacies; in NT, the actual plate or platter itself rather than its contents.
(παρά, ὄψον; see: ὀψάριον),
1a side-dish of dainties (Xen., al.).
2In 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.)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:25 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
παροψίδος, paroyidov
a bowl, dish, platter
Read verse Matthew 23:26 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
παροψίδος, paroyidov
a bowl, dish, platter
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 23:25 · Matt 23:26 2×
Word Origins
παροψίς is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain