To eat early meal
ἀριστάωStrong’s G0709aristaō
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Aristaō is the Greek word usually translated “would dine”, “do have breakfast” and “had dined”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.”
Meaning
Usually translated “would dine”, “do have breakfast” and “had dined”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he would dine 1
- do have breakfast 1
- they had dined 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 2
- Luke 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 21:12Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
- John 21:15So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
Greek dictionary
ἀριστάω aristaō · to eat early meal
ἀριστάω, -ῶ (ἄριστον), [in LXX: Gen.43:25 (לֶחֶם אָכַל), 1Ki.14:24 (לֶחֶם), 3Ki.13:7 (סָעַד), Tob.2:1 * ;] 1. prop., to breakfast: Jhn.21:12, 15 2. In late Gk., to take a meal, dine: Luk.11:37.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.