Table
τράπεζαStrong’s G5132trapeza
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Trapeza is the Greek word usually translated “table”, “tables” and “bank”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
Meaning
Usually translated “table”, “tables” and “bank”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- table 7
- tables 3
- of table 2
- bank 1
- at tables 1
- a table 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 4
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- Acts 2
- John 1
- Romans 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 21:12And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
- Mark 7:28And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
- Mark 11:15And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
- Luke 16:21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
- Luke 19:23Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
- Luke 22:21But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
Greek dictionary
τράπεζα trapeza · table
τράπεζα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שֻׁלְחָן, also for לֶחֶם, etc. ;] 1. a table, dining-table: Mat.15:27, Mrk.7:28, Luk.16:21 19:23 22:21, 30; of the table of shewbread, Heb.9:2. By meton., of food provided (see DB, iv, 670 a): Act.16:34, Rom.11:9" (LXX) 1Co.10:21; διακονεῖν ταῖς τ., Act.6:2 (cf. Page, in l, but see infr.). 2. A money-changer's table, a bank (Dem., Arist., al.): Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15, Luk.19:23, Jhn.2:15; so also accusative to Dr. Field (Notes, 113), Act.6:2 (but see supr.).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “table” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TA'BLE, noun
[Latin tabula.]
- A flat surface of some extent, or a thing that has a flat surface; as a table of marble.
- An article of furniture, consisting usually of a frame with a surface of boards or of marble, supported by legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as for holding dishes of meat, for writing on, etc.
- Fare or entertainment of provisions; as, he keeps a good table
- The persons sitting at table or partaking of entertainment.
All definitions and other forms of “table”
- A tablet; a surface on which any thing is written or engraved. Exodus 32:15“The ten commandments were written on two tables of stone” Exodus 24:12
- A picture, or something that exhibits a view of any thing on a flat surface.
- Among Christians, the table or Lord's table is the sacrament, or holy communion of the Lord's supper.
- The altar of burnt-offering. Malachi 1:7
- In architecture, a smooth, simple member or ornament of various forms, most usually in that of a long square.
- In perspective, a plain surface, supposed to be transparent and perpendicular to the horizon.
- In anatomy, a division of the cranium or skull.
- In the glass manufacture, a circular sheet of finished glass, usually about four feet in diameter, each weighing from ten to eleven pounds.
- In literature, an index; a collection of heads or principal matters contained in a book, with references to the pages where each may be found; as a table of contents.
- A synopsis; many particulars brought into one view.
- The palm of the hand.
- Draughts; small pieces of wood shifted on squares.
- In mathematics, tables are systems of numbers calculated to be ready for expediting operations; as a table of logarithms; a multiplication table
- Astronomical tables, are computations of the motions, places and other phenomena of the planets, both primary and secondary.
- In chimistry, a list or catalogue of substances or their properties; as a table of known acids; a table of acidifiable bases; a table of binary combinations; a table of specific gravities.
- In general, any series of numbers formed on mathematical or other correct principles.
- A division of the ten commandments; as the first and second tables.
- Among jewelers, a table diamond or other precious stone, is one whose upper surface is quite flat, and the sides only cut in angles.
- A list or catalogue; as a table of stars.
TA'BLE, verb intransitive
To board; to diet or live at the table of another. Nebuchadnezzar tabled with the beasts.
TA'BLE, verb transitive
To form into a table or catalogue; as, to table fines. In England, the chirographer tables the fines of every county, and fixes a copy in some open place of the court.
- To board; to supply with food.
- To let one piece of timber into another by alternate scores or projections from the middle.
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.