ἄριστον
ariston · meal
Greek word · Strong’s number G712 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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ariston (ἄριστον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “meal”.
Especially the midday meal; also a feast.
How to say it
a·ris·ton
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The main midday food; also a feast.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- dinner ×1
- lunch ×1
- meal ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 22:4
Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look, I have prepared my dinner, my bulls and the fattened animals have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’
- Luke 11:38
And the Pharisee, seeing this, was surprised that he did not first immerse himself before the meal.
- Luke 14:12
And he was also saying to the one who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not call your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.