grain
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
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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.