The meaning of “τράπεζα”
Understanding trápeza reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
probably contracted from τέσσαρες and πεζῇ bank, meat, table. - a table or stool (as being four-legged), usually for foo...
τράπεζα
probably contracted from τέσσαρες and πεζῇ bank, meat, table. - a table or stool (as being four-legged), usually for food (figuratively, a meal) - also a counter for money (figuratively, a broker's office for loans at interest)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew 21:12 | “And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,” Word: τράπεζα (trápeza) | |
| Mark 11:15 | “And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;” Word: τράπεζα (trápeza) | |
| Luke 22:21 | “But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.” Word: τράπεζα (trápeza) | |
| John 2:15 | “And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;” Word: τράπεζα (trápeza) | |
| Acts 16:34 | “And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.” Word: τράπεζα (trápeza) |