Lexical Summary trapeza: a table, dining table Original Word: τράπεζαTransliteration: trapeza Phonetic Spelling: (trap'-ed-zah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a table, dining table Meaning: a table, dining table Strong's Concordance tableProbably contracted from tessares and peze; a table or stool (as being four-legged), usually for food (figuratively, a meal); also a counter for money (figuratively, a broker's office for loans at interest) -- bank, meat, table. see GREEK tessares see GREEK peze Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5132: τράπεζατράπεζα, 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 c. a banquet, feast (from Herodotus down): Romans 11:9 (from Psalm 68:23 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. |