Strong’s G712 · Greek
ἄριστον
áriston · ar'-is-ton
Origin apparently neuter of a superlative from the same as ἄῤῥην (G730);
Meaning the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from ἦρι ("early")), i.e. luncheon
In the King James Version dinner.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 22:4Again, 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 11:38And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
- Luke 14:12Then 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.