ΔΕΣΜΑΣ, δεσμας
DESMAS, desmas
Sounds Like: EH-des-mah
Translations: food, a food, provisions, delicacies
From the root: ΕΔΕΣΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to food, provisions, or delicacies. It is often used in the plural to denote a meal or a collection of food items. In the provided context, it appears in the dative plural form, 'ἐδέσμασιν', indicating 'to/for food' or 'in/with food'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1959 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 13:30
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 13:30
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΔΕΣΜΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΔΕΣΜΑΤΑ — food, dishes, delicacies, provisions
- ἘΔΕΣΜΑΤΙ — (to) food, (to) meat, (to) dish, (to) a food, (to) a meat, (to) a dish
- ἘΔΕΣΜΑΤΩΝ — of food, of meats, of dishes, of delicacies
- ΕΔΕΣΜΑΣΙΝ — to food, to meat, to dishes, to victuals
- ΕΔΕΣΜΑΤΑ — food, meat, a dish, a meal
- ΕΔΕΣΜΑΤΩΝ — of food, of meat, of dishes, of delicacies
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