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Trapeza means a table, whether a meal table, a service table, a money table, or a sacred table depending on context. In the New Testament, table language can expose hunger, mercy, betrayal, service, fellowship, worship, and covenant hope.
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Trapeza means a table, whether a meal table, a service table, a money table, or a sacred table depending on context. In the New Testament, table language can expose hunger, mercy, betrayal, service, fellowship, worship, and covenant hope.
The BSB source-word alignment has 15 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include table (7), tables (4), [a meal before them] (1), [the] bank (1), [the] table (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (4), 1 Corinthians (2), Acts (2), Mark (2).
Trapeza means a table, whether a meal table, a service table, a money table, or a sacred table depending on context. In the New Testament, table language can expose hunger, mercy, betrayal, service, fellowship, worship, and covenant hope. The Canaanite woman accepts the image of crumbs under the master's table while asking Jesus for mercy. Jesus speaks of the betrayer's hand on the table and promises His apostles a place at His table in the kingdom.
Acts distinguishes the apostles' word ministry from waiting on tables without despising practical care. Paul warns that the table of the Lord cannot be shared with the table of demons. Hebrews remembers the tabernacle table and consecrated bread. The word therefore helps readers treat tables as morally and theologically loaded settings, not merely furniture.
Trapeza moves from ordinary meals and mercy to betrayal, diaconal service, covenant fellowship, idolatry, and tabernacle worship. A table may show need, expose allegiance, organize service, or point toward kingdom communion. Context decides whether the emphasis is hospitality, provision, worship, betrayal, or practical ministry.
“Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
The Canaanite woman uses the master's table image to ask for mercy without claiming covenant priority. The table setting sharpens humility and faith.
Look! The hand of My betrayer is with Mine on the table.
Jesus names betrayal at the table. Shared nearness does not guarantee faithful allegiance.
So that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Jesus promises kingdom table fellowship to His apostles. The table becomes a sign of future communion and reign.
So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.
The apostles refuse to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables. Table service matters, but ordered ministry protects both word and care.
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
Paul contrasts the table of the Lord with the table of demons. Table fellowship reveals worship allegiance.
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
The tabernacle table and consecrated bread locate table language within the holy-place pattern of provision and worship.
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How English Renders ItA compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
Greek word. Physical table for eating; by extension, a money-changer's table or banking establishment.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
15 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
a table for food or business
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Read versea table for food or business
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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.
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 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.
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
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τράπεζα is built from these roots:
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Trapeza helps teachers see how Scripture uses ordinary eating space to reveal spiritual allegiance. A table may welcome the needy, expose betrayal, require ordered service, or mark worship participation. The same word can name crumbs under a household table, the table where betrayal sits near Jesus, the practical tables served by the church, the table of the Lord, and the tabernacle table.
That range keeps table fellowship from becoming sentimentality. Tables are places where mercy is sought, service is organized, loyalties are tested, and God promises final communion. The word therefore helps readers ask what kind of fellowship a table is forming and whom that fellowship honors.
1Cor.10.21
Trapeza can mean a dining table, money table, service table, or sacred table. The immediate scene, not the English word table by itself, determines whether the focus is eating, exchange, service, worship, or fellowship.
The tabernacle table and consecrated bread prepare readers to see table language as more than domestic convenience. In the New Testament, table settings gather themes of provision, covenant nearness, holiness, mercy, and idolatry, all brought under Christ and His kingdom.