What does δοχή (dochḗ) mean in the Bible?
δοχή (dochḗ) is a Greek word meaning "banquet".
Greek · G1403
δοχή
Banquet
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δοχή G1403
Pronunciation dochḗ
What does δοχή (dochḗ) mean in the Bible?
δοχή (dochḗ) is a Greek word meaning "banquet".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1403?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a banquet (1), banquet (1).
Where does δοχή (dochḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 5:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a banquet 1× Luke 14:13
banquet 1× Luke 5:29
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 5:29
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Luke 2
Source forms
δοχὴν 2x dochēn Luke 5:29, Luke 14:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Luke 5:29, Luke 14:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. banquet
Strong's G1403
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
banquet
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 5:29 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
δοχὴν dochn
a reception, party
Read verse Luke 14:13 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
δοχήν, dochn
a reception, party
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 5:29 · Luke 14:13 2×
Word Origins
δοχή is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain