- Transliteration: Paropsis

- Phonetic: par-op-sis'

- Definition:

1. a side dish, a dish of dainties or choice food suited not so much to satisfy as to gratify the appetite

a. a side accompaniment of the more solid food

2. the dish itself in which the delicacies are served up

- Origin: from G3844" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3844 and the base of G3795" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3795

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G3844" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3844 and the base of G3795" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3795; a side dish (the receptacle): - platter.