Lexicon
σῖτος
sitos
G4621
G:N-M Greek

grain

14
Occurrences
7
Books
Greek
Language

sitos denotes cereal produce, whether growing, harvested, stored, measured, or used in farming imagery.

The occurrences consistently concern cereal produce: it is sown and grows, is separated or gathered at harvest, stored or measured as a commodity, and supplies agricultural comparisons. The same concrete crop or produce is also used in clauses about sifting and dying in the ground.

Senses in use

  1. Cereal crop or harvested produce · dominant

    The noun names the crop amid sowing, growth, and harvest: in Matthew 13:25 the APB renders an enemy sowing weeds “throughout the midst of the grain,” while Matthew 13:30 contrasts gathering it into a storehouse with burning weeds. In Luke 12:18 it is stored in enlarged barns, and Acts 27:38 describes throwing it into the sea to lighten a boat. John 12:24 and Luke 22:31 place it in agricultural comparisons involving a seed falling into the earth and sifting.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “grain,” including contexts of storage, shipment, and sowing, while John 12:24 and Revelation 6:6 use “wheat.” These English terms show the verse-level presentation rather than a separate set of meanings.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture