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Lexicon :: Strong's G712 - ariston

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ἄριστον
Transliteration
ariston (Key)
Pronunciation
ar'-is-ton
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently neuter of a superlative from the same as ἄρρην (G730)
mGNT
3x in 3 unique form(s) TR
3x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἄριστον áriston, ar'-is-ton; apparently neuter of a superlative from the same as G730; the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from ἦρι ēri ("early")), i.e. luncheon:—dinner.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G712 in the following manner: dinner (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G712 in the following manner: dinner (3x).

  1. the first food taken early in the morning before work, breakfast

  2. later usage: dinner

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἄριστον áriston, ar'-is-ton; apparently neuter of a superlative from the same as G730; the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from ἦρι ēri ("early")), i.e. luncheon:—dinner.
STRONGS G712:
ἄριστον, -ου, 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; τὸ ἀκράτισμα, and dinner ἄριστον i. e. δεῖπνον μεσηβρινόν, Athen. 1, 9, 10, p. 11b.; and so in the N. T. Hence,
b. dinner: Luke 14:12 (ποιεῖν ἄριστον ἤ δεῖπνον, to which others are invited); Luke 11:38; Matthew 22:4 (ἑτοιμάζειν). [B. D. under the word Meals; Becker's Charicles, namely, vi. excurs. i. (English translation, p. 312f).]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
22:4
Luke
11:38; 14:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G712 matches the Greek ἄριστον (ariston),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:38 - The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12 - He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers[fn] or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.
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