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σιτιστός
sitistos
G4619
G:A Greek

fattened

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Sitistos describes animals prepared as fattened food in the wedding-meal announcement.

The attested use describes animals prepared as fattened food, named alongside bulls in the announcement that the meal is ready in Matthew 22:4.

Senses in use

  1. Animals prepared for the meal · dominant

    In Matthew 22:4, the nominative plural neuter form σιτιστὰ occurs with bulls in the announcement that they have been sacrificed and that all things are ready for the wedding meal; the APB renders the clause “my bulls and the fattened ones have been sacrificed.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 22:4, the APB presents the animals as “the fattened ones” that have been sacrificed.

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