STRONGS G712:
ἄριστον,
-ου,
τό, [from Homer down];
a. the first food, taken early in the morning before work,
breakfast; dinner was called
δεῖπνον. But the later Greeks called breakfast;
τὸ ἀκράτισμα, and dinner
ἄριστον i. e. δεῖπνον μεσηβρινόν,
Athen. 1, 9, 10, p. 11b.; and so in the
N. T. Hence,
b. dinner:
Luke 14:12 (
ποιεῖν ἄριστον ἤ δεῖπνον, to which others are invited);
Luke 11:38;
Matthew 22:4 (
ἑτοιμάζειν). [
B. D. under the word Meals; Becker's Charicles, namely, vi. excurs. i. (English translation, p. 312f).]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Matthew
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22:4
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Luke
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11:38; 14:12