verb
deipnamō
Strong’sG1172
I dine
stem deipn-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
δειπνέω, -ῶ
(< δεῖπνον, q.v.), [in LXX: Pr 23:1 (לחם), To 7:8 8:1, Da LXX 11:27 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1172 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddipe-neh'-o
to dine, i.e. take the principle (or evening) meal
Fromfrom G1173;
King Jamessup (X -er).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
future -ήσωRefs 5th c.BC+, -ήσομαι Refs 1st c.BC+aorist ἐδείπνησα, Epic dialect δείπνησα Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect δεδείπνηκα Refs 5th c.BC+; Attic dialect 1st pers. plural δεδείπναμεν Refs 4th c.BC+; infinitive δεδειπνάναι Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐδεδειπνήκεσαν Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect δεδειπνήκειν Refs 8th c.BC+:—make a meal, Refs 8th c.BC+: in Attic dialect always, take the chief meal, dine, once in Trag., δειπνεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. τὸ ἄριστον make breakfast serve as dinner, Refs 5th c.BC+; δ. παρά τινι with one, Refs 5th c.BC+; [ἐν πρυτανείῳ] Refs 5th c.BC+
2 with accusative, δ. ἄρτον make a meal on bread, Refs 8th c.BC+; δ. τἀλλότρια, of parasites, frequently in Comedy texts,Refs 5th c.BC+
II active, entertain, τινάς Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| deipnamiδειπνήσω | will happen · Ifuture active indicative 1st person singular | eat | 1× |
| deipnameiaδειπνήσω | happened · Iaorist active subjunctive 1st person singular | supper | 1× |
| deipnaraδειπνῆσαι | happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive | supper | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | deipnamō | deipname | deipnami1×δειπνήσω | deipnama | deipnamē | deipnamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | deipnasō | deipnase | deipnasi | deipnasa | deipnasē | deipnaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | deipnatō | deipnate | deipnati | deipnata | deipnatē | deipnatelē |
| we 1st person plural | deipnanō | deipnane | deipnani | deipnana | deipnanē | deipnanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | deipnavō | deipnave | deipnavi | deipnava | deipnavē | deipnavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | deipnalō | deipnale | deipnali | deipnala | deipnalē | deipnalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | deipnameiō | deipnameia1×δειπνήσω | deipnameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | deipnaseiō | deipnaseia | deipnaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | deipnateiō | deipnateia | deipnateiē |
| we 1st person plural | deipnaneiō | deipnaneia | deipnaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | deipnaveiō | deipnaveia | deipnaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | deipnaleiō | deipnaleia | deipnaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | deipnasōr | deipnasar | deipnasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | deipnatōr | deipnatar | deipnatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | deipnavōr | deipnavar | deipnavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | deipnalōr | deipnalar | deipnalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | deipnamoiō | deipnamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | deipnasoiō | deipnasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | deipnatoiō | deipnatoia |
| we 1st person plural | deipnanoiō | deipnanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | deipnavoiō | deipnavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | deipnaloiō | deipnaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | deipnarō | deipnari | deipnara2×δειπνῆσαι | deipnarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | deipnarōntos | deipnarintos | deipnarantos | deipnarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
deipn 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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
deipnami“eat”will happen · Ifuture active indicative 1st person singular1×
Revelation 3:20“eat”… thuran, kai eiserchemi pros auton kai deipnami meta autou kai autos meta mu.… opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
deipnameia“supper”happened · Iaorist active subjunctive 1st person singular1×
Luke 17:8“supper”alla ouchi legati auto; Hetoimazasar tinem deipnameia kai perizōnerantos diakonasōr mi heōs esthiameia …… he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink …
deipnara“supper”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive2×
Luke 22:20kai tem potēriem hōsautōs meta tem deipnara, legarōntos; Houtem tem potēriem tas kainas …In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This …
1 Corinthians 11:25hōsautōs kai tem potēriem meta tem deipnara, legarōntos; Houtem tem potēriem tas kainas …In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This …