Strong's Greek #712 - ἄριστον, ου, τό ariston (breakfast)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance dinner. Apparently neuter of a superlative from the same as arrhen; the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from eri ("early")), i.e. Luncheon -- dinner. see GREEK arrhen Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 712: ἄριστονἄριστον, ἀρίστου, τό (from Homer down);a. the first food, taken early in the morning before work, breakfast; dinner was called δεῖπνον. But the later Greeks called breakfast; τό ἀκράτισμα, and dinner ἄριστον i. e. δεῖπνον μεσηβρινον, Athen. 1, 9, 10, p. 11b.; and so in the N. T. Hence, b. dinner: Luke 14:12 (ποιεῖν ἄριστον ἤ δεῖπνον, to which others are invited); Luke 11:38; Matthew 22:4 (ἑτοιμάζειν). (B. D. under the word Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 712. ἄριστον (ariston) — 3 OccurrencesMatthew 22:4 - N-NNS Luke 11:38 - N-GNS Luke 14:12 - N-NNS |