Strong's Lexicon
G712 — ἄριστον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G712 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄριστον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | apparently neuter of a superlative from G142, by way of G730 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | ariston |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ar'-is-ton |
| Meaning: | 1. the best meal (or breakfast 2. perhaps from eri ("early")), i.e. luncheon |
| KJV Renderings: | dinner |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄριστον, ἀρίστου, τό (from Homer down);
a. the first food, taken early in the morning before work, breakfast; dinner was called δεῖπνον. But the later Greeks called breakfast; τό ἀκράτισμα, and dinner ἄριστον i. e. δεῖπνον μεσηβρινον, Athen. 1, 9, 10, p. 11b.; and so in the N. T. Hence,
b. dinner: Luk 14:12 (ποιεῖν ἄριστον ἤ δεῖπνον, to which others are invited); Luk 11:38; Mat 22:4 (ἑτοιμάζειν). (B. D. under the word ; Becker’s Charicles, namely, vi. excurs. i. (English translation, p. 312f).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄριστον (dinner)
Matthew 22:4
- KJV: Again he sent forth other servants saying Tell them which are bidden Behold I have prepared my dinner my oxen and fatlings killed and all things ready come unto the marriage
- GK: πάλιν απέστειλεν άλλους δούλους λέγων είπατε τοις κεκλημένοις ιδού το άριστόν μου ητοίμασα οι ταύροί μου και τα σιτιστά τεθυμένα και πάντα έτοιμα δεύτε εις τους γάμους
Luke 11:38
- KJV: And when the Pharisee saw he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner
- GK: ο δε Φαρισαίος ιδών εθαύμασεν ότι ου πρώτον εβαπτίσθη προ του αρίστου
Luke 14:12
- KJV: 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 rich neighbours lest they also bid thee again and a recompence be made thee
- GK: έλεγε και τω κεκληκότι αυτόν όταν ποιής άριστον η δείπνον μη φώνει τους φίλους σου μηδέ τους αδελφούς σου μηδέ τους συγγενείς σου μηδέ γείτονας πλουσίους μήποτε και αυτοί σε αντικαλέσωσι και γένηταί σοι ανταπόδομα