What does κυριακός · δεῖπνον mean in the Bible?
κυριακός · δεῖπνον is a Greek phrase meaning "Lord’s Supper".
Greek · G2960, G1173
κυριακὸν δεῖπνον
Belonging to the Lord (Jehovah or Jesus) · dinner
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κυριακός G2960 belonging to the Lord (Jehovah or Jesus)
Pronunciation kyriakós
Distinctively applies "belonging to the Lord" to Christ; marks Christian observances as specially dedicated to Jesus.
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δεῖπνον G1173 dinner
Pronunciation deîpnon
The chief meal of the day, typically evening; theologically significant for communion and eschatological banquet imagery.
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What does κυριακὸν δεῖπνον (kyriakon deipnon) mean in the Bible?
κυριακός · δεῖπνον is a Greek phrase meaning "Lord’s Supper".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2960, G1173?
G2960, G1173 is connected to 2 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Lord’s Supper
Source Gloss
Lord’s Supper
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rev 1:10 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 11:20 1×
Word Origins
κυριακὸν δεῖπνον 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