δείπνοις

deîpnon

banquets

Principal meal of the day, typically taken in the late afternoon or evening; by extension, a banquet or formal communal feast. In various contexts, refers both to ordinary daily suppertime as well as ritual or celebratory banquets. The term can also denote communal meals with social or religious significance.

G1173

Mark 12:39 · Word #10

Lexicon G1173

Lemmaδεῖπνον
Transliterationdeîpnon
Strong'sG1173
DefinitionPrincipal meal of the day, typically taken in the late afternoon or evening; by extension, a banquet or formal communal feast. In various contexts, refers both to ordinary daily suppertime as well as ritual or celebratory banquets. The term can also denote communal meals with social or religious significance.

Morphology N DAT N PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case DAT — Dative — Indirect object, means, or location
Gender N — Neuter — Grammatical neuter
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

Phrasebanquets
Literaldinners

Lexical Info

Lemmaδεῖπνον
Strong'sG1173

SIBI-P1 Translation G1173-02

at principal meals

Morphological NotesNoun, dative plural, neuter (Gr,N,,,,,DNP)
Rendering RationaleThe dative plural form denotes location or association, rendered naturally as "at principal meals." "Principal meals" preserves the root sense of the chief daily meal or banquet without narrowing it to a specific context.

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