STRONGS G5132:
τράπεζα,
τραπέζης,
ἡ (from
τέτρα, and
πέζα a foot), from
Homer Idown, the
Sept. for
שֻׁלְחָן,
a table;
1.
a. a table on which food is placed, an eating-table:
Matthew 15:27;
Mark 7:28;
Luke 16:21;
Luke 19:23;
Luke 22:21,
30; the table in the temple at Jerusalem on which the consecrated loaves were placed (see
πρόθεσις, 1),
Hebrews 9:2.
b. equivalent to the
food placed upon the table (cf. Fritzsche on Additions to ):
παρατιθέναι πραπεζαν (like the Latin
mensam apponere (cf. our 'to set a good table')),
to set a table, i. e., food, before one (
Thucydides 1, 130;
Aelian v. h. 2, 17),
Acts 16:34;
διακονεῖν,
ταῖς τραπέζαις (see
διακονέω, 3),
Acts 6:2.
c. a banquet, feast (from
Herodotus down):
Romans 11:9 (from
Psalm 68:23 (
Ps. 69:23));
μετέχειν τραπέζης δαιμονίων, to partake of a feast prepared by ((?) see below) demons (the idea is this: the sacrifices of the Gentiles inure to the service of demons who employ them in preparing feasts for their worshippers; accordingly one who participates in those feasts, enters into communion and fellowship with the demons);
κυρίου, to partake of a feast prepared by ((?) see below) the Lord (just as when he first instituted the supper),
1 Corinthians 10:21 (but it seems more natural to take the genitives
δαιμονίων and
κυρίου simply as possessive (cf.
Winers Grammar, 189 (178);
Buttmann, § 127, 27), and to modify the above interpretation accordingly).
2. the table or stand of a money-changer, where he sits, exchanging different kinds of money for a fee (agio), and paying back with interest loans or deposits (
Lysias,
Isocrates,
Demosthenes,
Aristotle,
Josephus,
Plutarch, others):
Matthew 21:12;
Mark 11:15;
John 2:15;
τό ἀργύριον διδόναι ἐπί (
τήν)
τράπεζαν, to put the money into a (the) bank at interest,
Luke 19:23.
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