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Strong's #712: ariston (pronounced ar'-is-ton)

apparently neuter of a superlative from the same as 730; the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from eri ("early")), i.e. luncheon:--dinner.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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ariston

1) the first food taken early in the morning before work, breakfast

2) later usage: dinner

Part of Speech: noun neuter

Relation: apparently neuter of a superlative from the same as G730




Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

Matthew 22:4: "Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings"
Luke 11:38: "first washed before dinner."
Luke 14:12: "him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not"









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