noun · neuter
deipnem
Strong’sG1173
a dinner, an afternoon or evening meal
stem deipn-16 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
δεῖπνον refers to a meal, especially the chief or main meal of the day, most often eaten in the afternoon or evening — what would be called dinner or supper 124. It is used of ordinary meals people share, including the phrase "to make/give a δεῖπνον," meaning to host a dinner or feast for others 1.
The word is also used figuratively for a feast, as in references to "the feast of the marriage of the Lamb" and "the great feast of God" 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
δεῖπνον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for פַּת־בַּג (Da);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1173 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddipe'-non
dinner, i.e. the chief meal (usually in the evening)
Fromfrom the same as G1160;
King Jamesfeast, supper.
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
meal: in Refs 8th c.BC+ sometimes noonday meal, Refs 8th c.BC+; sometimes ={ἄριστον}, morning meal, Refs 8th c.BC+; sometimes ={δόρπον}, evening meal, Refs.; later,the midday meal, σῖτον εἰδέναι διώρισα, ἄριστα, δεῖπνα, δόρπα θ᾽ αἱρεῖσθαι τρίτα Refs 4th c.BC+; later, the afternoon meal, dinner or supper, σοὶ δὲ μελήσει, ὅτανᾖ δεκάπουν τὸ στοιχεῖον, λιπαρῷ χωρεῖν ἐπὶ δ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀπὸ δείπνου straight-way after the meal, ἀπὸ δ. αὐτοῦ θωρήσσοντο Refs 8th c.BC+; καλεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον, κεκλῆσθαι ἐπὶ δ., Refs 5th c.BC+; of animals, etc., Refs 8th c.BC+
2 generally, food, provender, ἵπποισιν δεῖπνον δότε Refs 8th c.BC+; κοράκεσσιν epigram cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+
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
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | deipnem | deipneim |
| of, belonging to genitive | deipneu4×δείπνου | deipneiu |
| to, for dative | deipne1×δείπνῳ | deipnei3×δείπνοις |
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
deipne 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.
16 occurrences, every one of them listed
deipneu“supper”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Luke 14:17… ton doulon autou ta hōra teu deipneu legara toi kalorēntoi; Erchovōr, hoti ēdē …When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell …
Luke 14:24… ekeinoiu toiu kalorēntoiu geueti mu teu deipneu.… who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
John 13:2“supper”kai deipneu genorōnteu, tou diabolou ēdē balarēntou eis …… evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart …
John 13:4egerotō ek teu deipneu kai tithatō teim himatieim kai labarantos …So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and …
deipne“supper”to, fordative singular1×
John 21:20… akoloutharōnton, hos kai anapiptata en te deipne epi tem stēthem autou kai legata; …… leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going …
deipnei“banquets”to, fordative plural3×
Matthew 23:6filalō de tan prōtoklisian en tei deipnei kai tain prōtokathedriain en tai sunagōgai… love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
Mark 12:39… tai sunagōgai kai prōtoklisiain en tei deipnei,… and the places of honor at banquets.
Luke 20:46… tai sunagōgai kai prōtoklisiain en tei deipnei,… and the places of honor at banquets.
deipnem8×
Mark 6:21… eukairau hote Hērōdos tei genesiei autou deipnem poiata toi megistanoi autou kai toi …… her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders …
Luke 14:12… kalarēnto auton; Hotan poiaseiō aristem ē deipnem, mē fōnasōr toin filoin su mēde …… invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite …
Luke 14:16… de legata auto; Anthrōpos tinos poiate deipnem megem, kai kalata polloin,… A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.
John 12:2poiala oun auto deipnem ekei, kai tas Marthas diakonate, tos …So they hosted a dinner for Jesus there. Martha served, and …
1 Corinthians 11:20… epi tem autem ouk atō kuriakem deipnem esthiara,… together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.
1 Corinthians 11:21“supper”hekastos gar tem idiem deipnem prolabatō en te esthiara, kai hos …For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry …
Revelation 19:9… mi; Grafasar; Makariois tois eis tem deipnem tou gamou teu arnieu kalorēntois. kai …… who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said …
Revelation 19:17… en mesouranēme; Deute sunagivar eis tem deipnem tem megem tou theou,… Come, gather together for the great supper of God,