Strong G1173δεῖπνον

dinner

Transliteration
deipnon
Pronunciation
dipe'-non
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

From the same as G1160; dinner that is the chief meal (usually in the evening): - feast supper.

Detailed definition

δεῖπνον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for פַּת־בַּג (Da);]
the chief meal of the day, dinner, supper: Mat.23:6, Mrk.12:39, Luk.14:17, 24 20:46, Jhn.13:2, 4 21:20, 1Co.11:21; δ. ποιεῖν, Mrk.6:21, Luk.14:12, 16, Jhn.12:2; κυριακὸν (which see) δ., 1Co.11:20; metaphorically (Dalman, Words, 118), δ. τ. γάμου τ. ἀρνίου, Rev.19:9; δ. τ. μέγα τ. Θεοῦ, Rev.19:17.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G1173 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • supper13
  • feast3

First verses

  1. Matthew 23:6
    And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
  2. Mark 6:21
    And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
  3. Mark 12:39
    And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
  4. Luke 14:12
    Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
  5. Luke 14:16
    Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
  6. Luke 14:17
    And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
  7. Luke 14:24
    For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
  8. Luke 20:46
    Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
  9. John 12:2
    There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
  10. John 13:2
    And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;
  11. John 13:4
    He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
  12. John 21:20
    Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
  13. 1 Corinthians 11:20
    When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
  14. 1 Corinthians 11:21
    For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
  15. Revelation 19:9
    And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
  16. Revelation 19:17
    And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δεῖπνον, τό,
meal: in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] sometimes noonday meal, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.86)]; sometimes ={ἄριστον}, morning meal, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.381, 10.578, 19.171s q., 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.94s q., 500)]; sometimes ={δόρπον}, evening meal, [Refs (17.176, 20.390s q)].; later,the midday meal, σῖτον εἰδέναι διώρισα, ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θ᾽ αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 182)]; later, the afternoon meal, dinner or supper, σοὶ δὲ μελήσει, ὅτανᾖ δεκάπουν τὸ στοιχεῖον, λιπαρῷ χωρεῖν ἐπὶ δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 652: frequently in _plural_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 779, “El.” 203 (Lyric poetry); δ. Θυέστου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1008 (Lyric poetry))]; ἀπὸ δείπνου straight-way after the meal, ἀπὸ δ. αὐτοῦ θωρήσσοντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.54, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.17)]; καλεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον, κεκλῆσθαι ἐπὶ δ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 72, 119.2; δ. παρασκευάζειν 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 45, 172; παραθεῖναι [prev. author] 184; ποιεῖν 4th c.BC: Dionysius Comicus 2.4)]; of animals, etc., [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus “Epigrammata” 11, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 1.12, 12.27.)]
2 generally, food, provender, ἵπποισιν δεῖπνον δότε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.383; ὄρνισι δεῖπνον 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 801)]; κοράκεσσιν epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 19.17.)]