table

Greek Noun Female

τράπεζα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שֻׁלְחָן, also for לֶחֶם, etc;] 1) a table, dining-table: Mat.15:27, Mrk.7:28, Luk.16:21 19:23 22:21, 30; of the table of shewbread, Heb.9:2. By meton, of food provided (see DB, iv, 670 a): Act.16:34, Rom.11:9 " (LXX) 1Co.10:21; διακονεῖν ταῖς τ, Act.6:2 (cf. Page, in l, but see infr.). 2) A money-changer's table, a bank (Dem, Arist, al.): Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15, Luk.19:23, Jhn.2:15; so also accusative to Dr. Field (Notes, 113), Act.6:2 (but see supr.). (AS)

table

Greek Noun Female

τράπεζ-α [τρᾰ], ης, ἡ, Doric dialect τράπεσδα [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— table, especially dining-table, eating-table, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. εἰσφέρειν, ἐπάγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τ. εἰσῄρετο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἴρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξενίη τ. the hospitable board, ἴστω Ζεύς. ξενίη τε τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἡ ξενικὴ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δέξασθαι τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ entertain at bed and board, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τράπεζαν Περσικὴν παρετίθετο he kept a table in the Persian fashion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν τ. ἀποβλέπειν live at other men's table, at their expense, [Refs]; τὴν τ. ἀνατρέπειν upset the table, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; proverbial of a spendthrift, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; table dedicated to the gods, on which meats and offerings were set out, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. Κυρίου, τ. δαιμονίων, [NT] 2) table, as implying what is upon it, meal, ἄνομος τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Συρακοσίων τ, proverbial of luxurious living, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Σικελικαὶ τ. proverbial cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δεύτεραι τ. the second course, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; compare τράγημα. II) money-changer's counter, ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐπὶ τῶν τ. [NT+5th c.BC+]; most frequently bank, [Refs], etc; ἡ ἐργασία ἡ τῆς τ. the right to operate the bank, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. security given to the bank, [NT+4th c.BC+]bankers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατασκευάζεσθαι τράπεζαν set up a bank, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῆς τ. ἀνασκευασθείσης the bank having been broken, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δημοσία τ. public bank at Delos, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; in Egypt, [Refs]; βασιλικὴ τ. in Egypt, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; χειριστὴς τῆς ἐν τῇ Πολέμωνος μερίδι τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; opposed to ἰδιωτικὴ τ. [Refs 1st c.AD+] III) any table or flat surface on which a thing rests: as, III.1) cross bench in which the mast is fixed, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. δολωνική, see at {δολωνικός}. III.2) platform on which slaves were exposed for sale, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) tablet or slab with a relief or inscription, τ. χαλκῆ Oracle texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; at a tomb, [Refs 1st c.AD+] III.4) plinth of a statue, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.4.b) lamp-stand, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] III.5) nether millstone, [Refs 1st c.AD+] III.6) part of a torsion engine, probably the plinth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] III.7) part of the liver, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III.8) shoulder-blade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] III.9) grinding surface of the teeth,[Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (The word is shortened from τετράπεζ; hence the question καὶ πόθεν ἐγὼ τρίπουν τ. λήψομα; as if this were an absurdity, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —so τρίπεζα, τρέπεδδα (which see), of three-legged tables.)

Greek

Noun Feminine

a table or stool (as being four-legged), usually for food (figuratively, a meal); also a counter for money (figuratively, a broker's office for loans at interest); bank, meat, table; probably contracted from g5064 (τέσσαρες) and g3979 (πεζῇ)