Lexical Summary deipnon: dinner, supper Original Word: δεῖπνονTransliteration: deipnon Phonetic Spelling: (dipe'-non) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: dinner, supper Meaning: dinner, supper Strong's Concordance supper. From the same as dapane; dinner, i.e. The chief meal (usually in the evening) -- feast, supper. see GREEK dapane Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1173: δεῖπνονδεῖπνον, δείπνου, τό, and according to a rare and late form ὁ δεῖπνος in Luke 14:16 Lachmann (cf. Tdf. on Revelation 19:9, 17, also Winers Grammar, 65 (64); on the derivation cf. δαπάνη) (in Homer the morning meal or breakfast, cf. Passow (more fully Liddell and Scott) under the word; this the Greeks afterward call τό ἄριστον which see (and references there), designating as τό δεῖπνον the evening meal or supper); 1. supper, especially a formal meal usually held at evening: Luke 14:17, 24; John 13:2, 4; John 21:20; plural: Matthew 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke (Luke 11:43 Lachmann in brackets); Luke 20:46; used of the Messiah's feast, symbolizing salvation in the kingdom of heaven: Revelation 19:9, 17; κυριακόν δεῖπνον (see κυριακός, 1), 1 Corinthians 11:20; ποιεῖν δεῖπνον, Luke 14:12 (ἄριστον ἤ δεῖπνον); Luke 14:16 (Daniel 5:1 (Theod.)); with the addition τίνι, Mark 6:21; John 12:2. 2. universally, food taken at evening: 1 Corinthians 11:21. |
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