To dine
δειπνέωStrong’s G1172deipneō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Deipneō is the Greek word usually translated “may eat”, “eating” and “having supped”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?”
Meaning
Usually translated “may eat”, “eating” and “having supped”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i may eat 1
- eating 1
- having supped 1
- i will dine 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Revelation 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 22:20Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
- 1 Corinthians 11:25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
- Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Greek dictionary
δειπνέω deipneō · to dine
δειπνέω, -ῶ (δεῖπνον, which see), [in LXX: Pro.23:1 (לחם), Tob.7:8 8:1, Dan LXX 11:27 * ;] to take the chief meal of the day, to dine, to sup: Luk.17:8 22:20 (WH, br., R, mg. omits), 1Co.11:25; metaphorically, Rev.3:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DINE, verb intransitive
[Latin, to cease. Gr., to feast.]
To eat the chief meal of the day. This meal seems originally to have been taken about the middle of the day, at least in northern climates, as it still is by laboring people. Among people in the higher walks of life, and in commercial towns, the time of dining is from tow to five or six oclock in the afternoon.
All definitions and other forms of “dine”
DINE, verb transitive
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the principal meal; to feed; as, the landlord dined a hundred men.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.