ἠρίστησαν
aristáō
they had breakfasted
To eat a meal, especially to partake of the principal meal of the day; in Hellenistic and Roman contexts, typically refers to having breakfast or a mid-morning meal rather than an evening meal. By extension, to dine, to eat together.
John 21:15 · Word #3
Lexicon G709
| Lemma | ἀριστάω |
| Transliteration | aristáō |
| Strong's | G709 |
| Definition | To eat a meal, especially to partake of the principal meal of the day; in Hellenistic and Roman contexts, typically refers to having breakfast or a mid-morning meal rather than an evening meal. By extension, to dine, to eat together. |
Morphology V AOR ACT IND 3P PL
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state of being |
| Tense | AOR — Aorist — Simple occurrence, often past |
| Voice | ACT — Active — The subject performs the action |
| Mood | IND — Indicative — States a fact or reality |
| Person | 3P — 3rd person — The one spoken about ("he/she/it/they") |
| Number | PL — Plural — More than one |
Common Translation
| Phrase | they had breakfasted |
| Literal | they-had-breakfasted |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | ἀριστάω |
| Strong's | G709 |
SIBI-P1 Translation G709-03
they ate a meal
| Morphological Notes | Verb; aorist tense (simple completed past), active voice, indicative mood, 3rd person plural. |
| Rendering Rationale | The aorist active indicative, third person plural, denotes a simple completed action in the past: they performed the act of taking a meal. "Ate a meal" preserves the root sense derived from ἄριστον (morning or principal meal) without imposing specific contextual details. |
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