- δεῖπνον
- δεῖπνον, ου, τό (s. δειπνέω; Hom.+) the main meal of the day (distinguished fr. ἄριστον, a meal taken earlier in the day, cp. Lk 14:12; Polyaenus, Exc. 3, 8).ⓐ of an everyday meal, dinner, supper περὶ δείπνου ὥραν about dinner time (cp. POxy 110 δειπνῆσαι … ἀπὸ ὥρας θ´) MPol 7:1; cp. Lk 14:17.ⓑ of a formal meal w. guests feast, dinnerα. gener. in our lit. of an elaborate dinner celebration (Iren., 1, 13, 4 [Harv. I 120, 9]) Mt 23:6; Mk 12:39; Lk 11:43 v.l.; 14:12, 17, 24; 20:46; 1 Cor 10:27 v.l.; Rv 19:9; Hs 5, 5, 3.—δεῖπνον μέγα (Vi. Aesopi W 77 P. p. 99, 43 ἐπὶ μέγα δεῖπνον ἐκάλει τινά) Lk 14:16; Rv 19:17. ποιεῖν δ. give a dinner (PMeyer 20, 34 δεῖπνον ἐπόει μοι; PGM 1, 106; Da 5:1 Theod.) Mk 6:21; Lk 14:12, 16; J 12:2; Hs 5, 2, 9=the feast of 5, 5, 3. δείπνου γινομένου when a dinner was being held J 13:2 (Athen. 4, 8, 132c πότερον ἐν ἄστει γίνεται βελτίω δεῖπνα ἢ ἐν Χαλκίδι;). τελεσθέντος τοῦ δ. at the end of the meal GJs 6:3. W. temporal ref. τῇ ὥρᾳ τοῦ δ. (cp. POxy 110 cited in a above) Lk 14:17.β. a cultic meal, such as the Passover J 13:4; 21:20 (exx. of δ.=a cult meal in JBehm, TW II 34f; Biogr. p. 92 at the sacrifice a priest calls out: Πίνδαρος ἴτω ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον τοῦ θεοῦ). κυριακὸν δ. the Lord’s Feast (Supper) 1 Cor 11:20. On τὸ ἴδιον δεῖπνον προλαμβάνει vs. 21 s. ἴδιος 1b and προλαμβάνω 1c. Cp. ESchweizer, D. Herrenmahl im NT. Ein Forschungsbericht: TLZ 79, ’54, 577–92; TRE I 43–278.—Billerb. IV 611–39; Pauly-W. XIV 524–27; RAC III 658–66; VI 612–35; B. 352 and 354. DELG. M-M. TW.
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