noun · feminine
dochas
Greekδοχή (dochē)
Strong’sG1403
a reception, party
stem doch-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δοχή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< δέχομαι), [in LXX: Ge 21:8, Es 1:3, al. (מִשְׁתֶּה), Da LXX 5:1 (לְחֶם);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1403 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddokh-ay'
a reception, i.e. convivial entertainment
Fromfrom G1209;
King Jamesfeast.
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 nominative | dochas | dochais |
| object accusative | dochan2×δοχὴν | dochain |
| direct address vocative | dochar | dochair |
| of, belonging to genitive | dochau | dochaiu |
| to, for dative | docha | dochai |
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
docha 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
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
dochan“banquet”objectaccusative singular2×
Luke 5:29“banquet”Kai poiata dochan megan Leuios auto en ta oikia autou; kai ate ochlos pollos telōnoiu kai alloiu hois ale meta autoiu katakeierōtois.Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
Luke 14:13“banquet”alla hotan dochan poiaseiō, kalasōr ptōchoin, anapēroin, chōloin, tufloin;But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,