What does ἄριστον (áriston) mean in the Bible?
ἄριστον (áriston) is a Greek word meaning "early meal".
Greek · G712
ἄριστον
Early meal
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ἄριστον G712
Pronunciation áriston
What does ἄριστον (áriston) mean in the Bible?
ἄριστον (áriston) is a Greek word meaning "early meal".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G712?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a dinner (1), dinner (1), meal (1).
Where does ἄριστον (áriston) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 22:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Matthew (1).
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 dinner 1× Luke 14:12
dinner 1× Matthew 22:4
meal 1× Luke 11:38
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 22:4
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Luke 2
Source forms
ἄριστον 1x ariston Luke 14:12
ἄριστόν 1x ariston Matthew 22:4
ἀρίστου 1x aristou Luke 11:38
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 2x Matthew 22:4, Luke 14:12
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Luke 11:38
Evidence Summary
Greek word. early meal
Strong's G712
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
early meal
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 22:4 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἄριστόν ariston
breakfast or a mid-day meal
Read verse Luke 11:38 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ἀρίστου. aristou
breakfast or a mid-day meal
Read verse Luke 14:12 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἄριστον ariston
breakfast or a mid-day meal
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 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 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Luke 11:38 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 22:4 · Luke 14:12 2×
Word Origins
ἄριστον is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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