Bank, Bankers <1,,5132, trapeza>
primarily "a table," denotes (a) an eating-table, e.g., Mat 15:27; (b) food, etc. placed on "a table," Act 6:2, Act 16:34; (c) "a feast, a banquet," 1Co 10:21; (d) "the table or stand" of a money-changer, where he exchanged money for a fee, or dealt with loans and deposits, Mat 21:12, Mar 11:15, Luk 19:23, Joh 2:15. See MEAT, TABLE.
<2,,5133, trapezites>
a "money-changer, broker, banker;" translated "bankers" in Mat 25:27, RV (AV, "exchangers").
Note: For charax, Luk 19:43, see TRENCH.
