Bible Lexicons

τράπεζ-α [τρᾰ], ης, ἡ,

Dor. τράπεσδα Alcm. 74b: —

table, esp. dining-table, eating-table, freq. in Hom., Τηλεμάχοιο τ., ἐμὴ τ., Od. 17.333, 447, cf. IG 12.330.4, Men. 518.2; τ. παραθεῖναι Hdt. 6.139, Alex. 171; παρέκειτο τ. Il. 24.476; τ. εἰσφέρειν, ἐπάγειν, Ar. V. 1216, Anaxandr. 2 (but ἐσῄρετο is prob. cj.); ἡ τ. εἰσῄρετο Ar. Ra. 518; τ. ἀφαιρεῖν Od. 19.61, X. Smp. 2.1 (Pass.); αἴρειν Men. 273, cf. 451; ἐκφέρειν Pl.Com. 69.2; ξενίη τ. the hospitable board, ἴστω Ζεύς.. ξενίη τε τ. Od. 14.158, cf. 21.28; ᾔσχυνε ξενίαν τ. κλοπαῖσι A. Ag. 401 (lyr.), cf. 701 (lyr.); ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν Archil. 96, cf. Wilcken Chr. 11.58 (ii B. C.); ἡ ξενικὴ τ. Aeschin. 3.224; τοὺς τῆς πόλεως ἅλας καὶ τὴν δημοσίαν τ. Id. 2.22; δέξασθαι τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ entertain at bed and board, Hdt. 5.20; κοίτης μεθέξουσα καὶ τραπέζης μόνον Plu. Brut. 13; ἐπὶ τὰς αὐτὰς τ. ἰέναι Antipho 2.1.10; τράπεζαν Περσικὴν παρετίθετο he kept a table in the Persian fashion, Th. 1.130; τ. κοσμεῖν X. Cyr. 8.2.6, etc.; εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν τ. ἀποβλέπειν live at other men's table, at their expense, Id. An. 7.2.33; τὴν τ. ἀνατρέπειν upset the table, D. 19.198; prov. of a spendthrift, And. 1.130; table dedicated to the gods, on which meats and offerings were set out, IG 12.190.4, 840.19, 22.1245.6, 1534.163, 1933.2, Din. 3.2; τ. ἱερά PCair.Zen. 708 (iii B. C.); ἐπὶ τὴν τ. τῶν Διοσκόρων ib. 569.24 (iii B. C.); τ. Κυρίου, τ. δαιμονίων, 1 Corinthians 10:21.

2. table, as implying what is upon it, meal, ἄνομος τ. Hdt. 1.162, cf. E. Alc. 2, X. An. 7.3.22; also βορᾶς τ. S. OT 1464; Συρακοσίων τ., prov. of luxurious living, Ar. Fr. 216, cf. Pl. R. 404d; Σικελικαὶ τ. prov. ap. Jul. Or. 6.203a; πολυτελὴς τ. Epicur. Ephesians 3 p.64U.; δεύτεραι τ. the second course, Plu. 2.133e, Ath. 14.639b; cf. τράγημα.

II money-changer's counter, ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐπὶ τῶν τ. Pl. Revelation 17:1-18 c, cf. Plu. 2.70f; αἱ τ. τῶν κολλυβιστῶν Matthew 21:12; most freq. bank, Lys 9.5, etc.; ἡ ἐργασία ἡ τῆς τ. the right to operate the bank, D. 36.6; ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. security given to the bank, Id. 33.10; δοῦναι ἀργύριον ἐπὶ τ. Luke 19:23; τὸ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. χρέως D. 33.24; οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς τ. bankers, Isoc. 17.2; κατασκευάζεσθαι τράπεζαν set up a bank, Isa Fr. 66; τῆς τ. ἀνασκευασθείσης the bank having been broken, D. 33.9; δημοσία τ. public bank at Delos, IG 22.2336.180 (i B. C.); in Egypt, POxy. 835 (Aug.), etc.; βασιλικὴ τ. in Egypt, PEleph. 27.22 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 27.70 (ii B. C.), etc.; χειριστὴς τῆς ἐν τῇ Πολέμωνος μερίδι τ. PEnteux. 38.1 (iii B. C.); opp. ἰδιωτικὴ τ. POxy. 305 (i A. D.), etc.; κολλυβιστικαὶ τ. ib. 1411.4 (iii A. D.).

III any table or flat surface on which a thing rests: as, 1 cross bench in which the mast is fixed, Sch. Il. 15.729; τ. δολωνική, v. δολωνικός.

2. platform on which slaves were exposed for sale, Ar. Fr. 874.

3. tablet or slab with a relief or inscription, τ. χαλκῆ Orac. ap. D. 21.53, cf. Paus. 8.31.3; at a tomb, Plu. 2.838c.

4. plinth of a statue, CIG 4702.7 (Egypt, iv B. C.). lamp- stand, PSI 4.428.39 (iii B. C.).

5. nether millstone, BGU 251.17 (i A. D.), Poll. 7.19.

6. part of a torsion engine, prob. the plinth, Ph. Bel. 54.2, Hero Bel. 100.1.

7. part of the liver, Nic. Th. 560, Polyaen. 4.20, Ruf. Onom. 180.

8. shoulder-blade, Poll. 2.177.

9. grinding surface of the teeth, ib. 93, Ruf. Onom. 54. (The word is shortd. from τετράπεζα; hence the question καὶ πόθεν ἐγὼ τρίπουν τ. λήψομαι; as if this were an absurdity, Ar. Fr. 530; τ. τρισκελεῖς Cratin. 301: — so τρίπεζα, τρέπεδδα (qq. v.), of three-legged tables.)