Lexical Definition
τράπεζα trápeza (trap'-ed-zah) table G:N-F
probably contracted from τέσσαρες and πεζῇ
bank, meat, table.
- 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)
Abbott-Smith
τράπεζα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שֻׁלְחָן, also for לֶחֶם, etc. ;]
1. a table, dining-table: Mt 15:27, Mk 7:28, Lk 16:21 19:23 22:21, 30; of the table of shewbread, He 9:2. By meton., of food provided (v. DB, iv, 670 a): Ac 16:34, Ro 11:9 (LXX) I Co 10:21; διακονεῖν ταῖς τ., Ac 6:2 (cf. Page, in l., but v. infr.).
2. A money-changer's table, a bank (Dem., Arist., al.): Mt 21:12, Mk 11:15, Lk 19:23, Jo 2:15; so also acc to Dr. Field (Notes, 113), Ac 6:2 (but v. supr.).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 15:27 · 21:12 |
| Mark | 7:28 · 11:15 |
| Luke | 16:21 · 19:23 · 22:21 · 22:30 |
| John | 2:15 |
| Acts | 6:2 · 16:34 |
| Romans | 11:9 |
| 1 Corinthians | 10:21 |
| Hebrews | 9:2 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
τράπεζα-α [τρᾰ], ης, ἡ,
Doric dialect τράπεσδα [Refs 7th c.BC+]:— table, especially dining-table, eating-table, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. εἰσφέρειν, ἐπάγειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ τ. εἰσῄρετο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἴρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξενίη τ. the hospitable board, ἴστω Ζεύς.. ξενίη τε τ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζααν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἡ ξενικὴ τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δέξασθαι τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ entertain at bed and board, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τράπεζααν Περσικὴν παρετίθετο he kept a table in the Persian fashion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν τ. ἀποβλέπειν live at other men's table, at their expense, [Refs]; τὴν τ. ἀνατρέπειν upset the table, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; proverbial of a spendthrift, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; table dedicated to the gods, on which meats and offerings were set out, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τ. Κυρίου, τ. δαιμονίων, [NT]
__2 table, as implying what is upon it, meal, ἄνομος τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Συρακοσίων τ., proverbial of luxurious living, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Σικελικαὶ τ. proverbial cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δεύτεραι τ. the second course, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; compare τράγημα.
__II money-changer's counter, ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐπὶ τῶν τ. [NT+5th c.BC+]; most frequently bank, [Refs], etc.; ἡ ἐργασία ἡ τῆς τ. the right to operate the bank, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. security given to the bank, [NT+4th c.BC+]bankers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατασκευάζεσθαι τράπεζααν set up a bank, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῆς τ. ἀνασκευασθείσης the bank having been broken, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; δημοσία τ. public bank at Delos, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; in Egypt, [Refs]; βασιλικὴ τ. in Egypt, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; χειριστὴς τῆς ἐν τῇ Πολέμωνος μερίδι τ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; opposed to ἰδιωτικὴ τ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III any table or flat surface on which a thing rests: as,
__III.1 cross bench in which the mast is fixed, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. δολωνική, see at {δολωνικός}.
__III.2 platform on which slaves were exposed for sale, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.3 tablet or slab with a relief or inscription, τ. χαλκῆ Oracle texts cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; at a tomb, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.4 plinth of a statue, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.4.b lamp-stand, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III.5 nether millstone, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III.6 part of a torsion engine, probably the plinth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III.7 part of the liver, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III.8 shoulder-blade, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.9 grinding surface of the teeth,[Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (The word is shortened from τετράπεζα; hence the question καὶ πόθεν ἐγὼ τρίπουν τ. λήψομα; as if this were an absurdity, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —so τρίπεζα, τρέπεδδα (which see), of three-legged tables.)
LSJ Scripture Refs: 1Cor.10.21 ☩ Matt.21.12 ☩ Luke.19.23