G712: ἄριστον
áriston · “early meal”
Definition
the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from ("early")), i.e. luncheon
KJV translates it as: dinner
Word origin: apparently neuter of a superlative from the same as G730 (ἄῤῥην);
Extended definition
[in LXX: 3Ki.3:1 (לֶחֶם), Tob.2:1, 4, al. ;]
1 1, prop., breakfast.
2. In late Gk. = cl. δεῖτνον, dinner: Mat.22:4, Luk.11:38 14:12.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G712 is translated
- dinner ×1
- dinner. ×1
- a dinner ×1
Bible verses with G712 (áriston)
Áriston appears in 3 verses.
- Matthew 22:4
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
- Luke 11:38
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
- 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.