δεῖπνον

δεῖπνον — deîpnon

δεῖπνον, δείπνου, τό, and according to a rare and late form ὁ δεῖπνος in Luk 14:16 Lachmann (cf. Tdf. on Rev 19:9; Rev 19:17, also Winers Grammar, 65 (64); on the derivation cf. δαπάνη) (in Homer the morning meal or breakfast, cf. Passow (more fully Liddell and Scott) under the word; this the Greeks afterward call τό ἄριστον which see (and references there), designating as τό δεῖπνον the evening meal or supper);

1. supper, especially a formal meal usually held at evening: Luk 14:17; Luk 14:24; Joh 13:2; Joh 13:4; Joh 21:20; plural: Mat 23:6; Mar 12:39; Luke (Luk 11:43 Lachmann in brackets); Luk 20:46; used of the Messiah's feast, symbolizing salvation in the kingdom of heaven: Rev 19:9; Rev 19:17; κυριακόν δεῖπνον (see κυριακός, 1), 1Co 11:20; ποιεῖν δεῖπνον, Luk 14:12 (ἄριστον ἤ δεῖπνον); Luk 14:16 (Dan 5:1 (Theod.)); with the addition τίνι, Mar 6:21; Joh 12:2.

2. universally, food taken at evening: 1Co 11:21.