G3953: παροψίς
paropsís · “dish”
Definition
a side-dish (the receptacle)
KJV translates it as: platter
Word origin: from G3844 (παρά) and the base of G3795 (ὀψάριον);
Extended definition
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)
(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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3953 is translated
- dish, ×1
- dish ×1
Bible verses with G3953 (paropsís)
Paropsís appears in 2 verses.
- Matthew 23:25
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.
- Matthew 23:26
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.