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In the New Testament, it is often used in the context of agriculture, food, and sustenance. It symbolizes provision and is sometimes used metaphorically to represent spiritual nourishment or the Word of God.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, wheat was a staple food and a critical component of the diet. It was a symbol of life and prosperity, often associated with God's provision. The process of growing, harvesting, and threshing wheat was well understood by the agrarian societies of biblical times. Wheat was also used in religious offerings and was a key element in the economy.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4621</b> <i>sítos</i> – a generic term for any edible grain – typically <i>wheat</i> (<i>BAGD</i>), but sometimes barley, etc.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>grain<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>grain (2), wheat (12).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4621: σῖτος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σῖτος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">σίτου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (of uncertain origin; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Vanicek</span>, Fremdwörter, under the word), from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down, the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> chiefly for <span class="hebrew">דָּגָן</span>, <span class="accented">wheat, grain</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-25.htm">Matthew 13:25, 29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/4-28.htm">Mark 4:28</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-17.htm">Luke 3:17</a>; (<a href="/interlinear/luke/12-18.htm">Luke 12:18</a> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> text); <a href="/interlinear/luke/16-7.htm">Luke 16:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/22-31.htm">Luke 22:31</a>; <a href="/interlinear/john/12-24.htm">John 12:24</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-38.htm">Acts 27:38</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-37.htm">1 Corinthians 15:37</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/6-6.htm">Revelation 6:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-13.htm">Revelation 18:13</a>; plural <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">σῖτα</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 63 (62)), <a href="/interlinear/acts/7-12.htm">Acts 7:12</a> <span class="manuref">Rec.</span>, and often in the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>corn, wheat. <p>Also plural irregular neuter sita (see'-tah) of uncertain derivation; grain, especially wheat -- corn, wheat. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>σίτα σίτά σιτια σιτία σιτον σίτον σίτόν σῖτον σίτος σιτου σίτου σίτω σίτων sitia sitía siton sîton sitou sítou<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 3:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">συνάξει τὸν <b>σῖτον</b> αὐτοῦ εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and He will gather <span class="itali">His wheat</span> into the barn,<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> gather his <span class="itali">wheat</span> into the garner;<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will gather the <span class="itali">wheat</span> of him into<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μέσον τοῦ <b>σίτου</b> καὶ ἀπῆλθεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> tares among <span class="itali">the wheat,</span> and went away.<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> among <span class="itali">the wheat,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> midst of the <span class="itali">wheat</span> and went away<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:29</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτοῖς τὸν <b>σῖτον</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you may uproot <span class="itali">the wheat</span> with them.<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ye root up <span class="itali">also the wheat</span> with<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> them the <span class="itali">wheat</span><p><b><a href="/text/matthew/13-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 13:30</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὸν δὲ <b>σῖτον</b> συναγάγετε εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> them up; but gather <span class="itali">the wheat</span> into my barn.'<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but gather <span class="itali">the wheat</span> into my<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/13-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and <span class="itali">[the] wheat</span> bring together into<p><b><a href="/text/mark/4-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 4:28</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἶτα πλήρης <b>σῖτον</b> ἐν τῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> then the mature <span class="itali">grain</span> in the head.<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> after that the full <span class="itali">corn</span> in the ear.<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/4-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> then full <span class="itali">grain</span> in the<p><b><a href="/text/luke/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 3:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">συναγαγεῖν τὸν <b>σῖτον</b> εἰς τὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and to gather <span class="itali">the wheat</span> into His barn;<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and will gather <span class="itali">the wheat</span> into his<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will gather the <span class="itali">wheat</span> into the<p><b><a href="/text/luke/12-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 12:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πάντα τὸν <b>σῖτον</b> καὶ τὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> all <span class="itali">my grain</span> and my goods.<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all the <span class="itali">grain</span> and the<p><b><a href="/text/luke/16-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 16:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ἑκατὸν κόρους <b>σίτου</b> λέγει αὐτῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> measures <span class="itali">of wheat.'</span> He said<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> measures <span class="itali">of wheat.</span> And<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/16-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A hundred cors <span class="itali">of wheat</span> he says to him<p><b><a href="/text/luke/22-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 22:31</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὡς τὸν <b>σῖτον</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [permission] to sift you like <span class="itali">wheat;</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that he may sift [you] as <span class="itali">wheat:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/22-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> as <span class="itali">wheat</span><p><b><a href="/text/john/12-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 12:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κόκκος τοῦ <b>σίτου</b> πεσὼν εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a grain <span class="itali">of wheat</span> falls<br><a href="/kjvs/john/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Except a corn <span class="itali">of wheat</span> fall into<br><a href="/interlinear/john/12-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> grain <span class="itali">of wheat</span> having fallen into<p><b><a href="/text/acts/7-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 7:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ἰακὼβ ὄντα <b>σιτία</b> εἰς Αἴγυπτον</span><br><a href="/kjvs/acts/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> heard that there was <span class="itali">corn</span> in Egypt,<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/7-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Jacob [there] was <span class="itali">grain</span> in Egypt<p><b><a href="/text/acts/27-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 27:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/27.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκβαλλόμενοι τὸν <b>σῖτον</b> εἰς τὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> by throwing <span class="itali">out the wheat</span> into the sea.<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and cast out <span class="itali">the wheat</span> into<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/27-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> casting out the <span class="itali">wheat</span> into the<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/15-37.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 15:37</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰ τύχοι <b>σίτου</b> ἤ τινος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> perhaps <span class="itali">of wheat</span> or<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> it may chance <span class="itali">of wheat,</span> or<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-37.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> if it may be <span class="itali">of wheat</span> or of some<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/6-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 6:6</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/6.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">λέγουσαν Χοῖνιξ <b>σίτου</b> δηναρίου καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> A quart <span class="itali">of wheat</span> for a denarius,<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> A measure <span class="itali">of wheat</span> for a penny,<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/6-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> saying A choenix <span class="itali">of wheat</span> for a denarius and<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/18-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 18:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σεμίδαλιν καὶ <b>σῖτον</b> καὶ κτήνη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and fine flour <span class="itali">and wheat</span> and cattle<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> fine flour, and <span class="itali">wheat,</span> and beasts,<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> finest flour and <span class="itali">wheat</span> and cattle<p><b><a href="/greek/4621.htm">Strong's Greek 4621</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4621.htm">15 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/sitia_4621.htm">σιτία — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/siton_4621.htm">σῖτον — 9 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/sitou_4621.htm">σίτου — 5 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/4620.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="4620"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="4620" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/4622.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="4622"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="4622" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>