Word

ἄριστον

áriston · G712 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

a meal, a banquet, a feast

A meal whether simple or elaborate (this generic meaning of ἄριστον is in contrast with the more specific meaning of ἄριστον)

Examples
Matthew 22:4 “Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened cattle are all butchered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’
Luke 11:38 When the Pharisee saw this, he was surprised that Jesus had not first ceremonially washed before the meal.
noon meal, lunch

A less important meal, normally in the earlier or middle part of the day

Examples
Luke 14:12 Now He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “Whenever you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor wealthy neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you to a meal in return, and that will be your repayment.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐγώI, we 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἑτοιμάζωto prepare, to make ready 1
ποιέωto do, to make 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

πρόbefore 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

A meal, a banquet, a feast23.22: In Matthew 22:4, the king announces for his son's wedding, “I have prepared my dinner (áriston); my oxen and my fattened cattle are all butchered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!” describing a festive, celebratory banquet.
Noon meal, lunch23.23: In Luke 11:38, when Jesus dined with a Pharisee, “he was surprised that Jesus had not first ceremonially washed before the meal (aríston),” describing an ordinary midday meal rather than a special occasion.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἄριστονáriston · G712Ἀρίσταρχος Arístarchos · G708 · best ruling; Aristarchus, a Macedonian · 5×ἀριστάω aristáō · G709 · to eat a meal, to have a meal, to have breakfast · 3×Ἀριστόβουλος Aristóboulos · G711 · best counselling; Aristoboulus, a Christian · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀρίστου, τό (from Homer down); a. the first food, taken early in the morning before work,…

ἀρίστου, 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; τό ἀκράτισμα, and dinner ἄριστον i. e. δεῖπνον μεσηβρινον, Athen. 1, 9, 10, p. 11b.; and so in the N. T. Hence,
b. dinner: Lk 14:12 (ποιεῖν ἄριστον ἤ δεῖπνον, to which others are invited); Lk 11:38; Mt 22:4 (ἑτοιμάζειν). (B. D. under the word ; Becker's Charicles, namely, vi. excurs. i. (English translation, p. 312f).)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Eat, Drink3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0