What does δοχή (dochḗ) mean in the Bible?
δοχή (dochḗ) is a Greek word meaning "banquet".
Greek · G1403
δοχή
Banquet
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δοχήG1403
Pronunciationdochḗ
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 Ita banquet1×Luke 14:13
banquet1×Luke 5:29
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 5:29
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
Luke2
Source forms
δοχὴν2xdochēnLuke 5:29, Luke 14:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2xLuke 5:29, Luke 14:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. banquet
Strong'sG1403
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
banquet
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 5:29Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
δοχὴνdochn
a reception, party
Read verseLuke 14:13Noun 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 patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · FeminineLuke 5:29 · Luke 14:132×
Word Origins
δοχή is built from this root: