Strong G3953παροψίς

dish

Transliteration
paropsis
Pronunciation
par-op-sis'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G3844 and the base of G3795; a side dish (the receptacle): - platter.

Detailed 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.)†
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In the Bible

Strong G3953 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • platter2

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
παροψ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
(ὄψον) ={παρόψημα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 147, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 187, +others, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.4: _metaphorically_, τῶν κακῶν παροψίδες)] fresh tastes of misery, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus 2.)]
II dish on which such meats are served, [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 60, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 86, 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 6, NT.Matt.23.25, 1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 3.142, 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 1.74 (παραψ-codices,compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus))]. (The second use is condemned by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 153.))]