deipnon · supper, dinner

What it means

deipnon (δεῖπνον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “supper, dinner”.

Supper, banquet.

How to say it

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

1. The main meal of the day, sometimes a feast.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• supper ×7
• dinner ×5
• banquets ×2
• banquet ×1
• dinners ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×2
• Luke×5
• John×4
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 23:6

  and they hold dear the place of honor at the dinners and the first seats in the synagogues,

• Mark 6:21

  And an opportune day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and the commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

• Mark 12:39

  and the first seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at the banquets,

• 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.

• Luke 14:16

  But he said to him, “A certain man was giving a great dinner, and he invited many.

• Luke 14:17

  And he sent his slave at the hour of the dinner to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

• Luke 14:24

  For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.”

• Luke 20:46

  “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and hold dear greetings in the marketplaces and the first seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets,

• John 12:2

  So they gave a dinner for him there, and Martha was serving, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.

• John 13:2

  And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart that Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, should hand him over,

• John 13:4

  gets up from supper and lays aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, he tied it around himself.

• John 21:20

  Peter, turning around, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following, the one who had also leaned back at the supper against his chest and said, “Lord, who is the one who is handing you over?”

• 1 Corinthians 11:20

  So when you come together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper,

• 1 Corinthians 11:21

  for in eating, each one goes ahead with his own supper, and one is hungry and another gets drunk.

• Revelation 19:9

  And he says to me, “Write: Happy are those who have been invited to the supper of the wedding of the Lamb.” And he says to me, “These are the true words of God.”

• Revelation 19:17

  And I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in midheaven, “Come, gather for the great supper of God,