noun · neuter
aristem
Greekἄριστον (ariston)
Strong’sG712
breakfast or a mid-day meal
stem arist-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἄριστον, -ου, τό,
[in LXX: III Ki 3:1 (לֶחֶם), To 2:1, 4, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G712 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar'-is-ton
the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from ἦρι ("early")), i.e. luncheon
Fromapparently neuter of a superlative from the same as G730;
King Jamesdinner.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | aristem | aristeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | aristeu1×ἀρίστου | aristeiu |
| to, for dative | ariste | aristei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ariste is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
aristeu“dinner”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 11:38“dinner”tos de Farisaios horaratos thaumazata hoti ouk prōtem baptizita pro teu aristeu.But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
aristem2×
Matthew 22:4“dinner”palin apostelata alloin douloin legarōtos; Legavar toi kalirētoi; Idou tem aristem mu hetoimazamē, tois taurois mu kai teim sitisteim thuirēteim, kai panteim hetoimeim; deute eis toin gamoin.Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
Luke 14:12“dinner”Legate de kai to kalarēto auton; Hotan poiaseiō aristem ē deipnem, mē fōnasōr toin filoin su mēde toin adelfoin su mēde toin sungenoin su mēde geitōnoin plousioin, mēpote kai autois antikalaleia sin kai gineteia antapodomem si.Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.