Áriston — G712

Definition

neuter noun

the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from

1. the first food, taken early in the morning before work, breakfast
2. dinner

Usually translated as

dinner

Origin

apparently neuter of a superlative from the same as G730

• árrhēn (G730)

Occurrences

Áriston occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (2)

• Matthew 22:4 — Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner (ἄριστόν): my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
• Luke 11:38 — And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner (ἀρίστου).
• Luke 14:12 — Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner (ἄριστόν) or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.