Quick Definition
δειπνέω v. I dine
Strong's Definition
from 1173; to dine, i.e. take the principle (or evening) meal
KJV Usage: sup (X -er)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δεῖπνον
23.20 · Physiological Processes and States · Eat, Drink
to eat a meal, to have a meal to eat a meal, without reference to any particular time of the day or to the type of food involved In some languages it is impossible to speak of ‘having a meal’ without indicating the time of day or the nature of the food consumed.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δειπνέω, -@: [fut. δειπνήσω}; 1 aor. ἐδείπνησα; (δεῖmvov); to sup: Lk. xvii. 8; xxii. 20 [WI reject the whole pass., see their App.]; 1 Co. xi. 25; in an allegory, δειπνήσω per αὐτοῦ, I will make him to share in my most intimate and blissful intercourse: Rev. iii. 20.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δειπνέω deipneō 4x
to eat or dine, Lk. 17:8; 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25; Rev. 3:20
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δειπνέω, -ῶ
(< δεῖπνον, q.v.), [in LXX: Pr 23:1 (לחם), To 7:8 8:1, Da LXX 11:27 * ;]
to take the chief meal of the day, to dine, to sup: Lk 17:8 22:20 (WH, br., R, mg. omits), I Co 11:25; metaph., Re 3:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δειπνέω. Interesting examples of the word occur in invitations to dinner or to a wedding-feast, e.g. P Oxy I. 110 (ii/A.D.) ἐρωτᾷ σε Χαιρήμων δειπνῆσαι eis κλείνην τοῦ κυρίου Σαράπιδος ἐν τῷ Σαραπείῳ αὔριον, ἥτις ἐστὶν τε, ἀπὸ ὥρας 8, **Chaeremon requests your company at dinner at the table of the lord Sarapis in the Serapeum to-morrow, the 15th, at 9 o'clock”: similarly 7b. 111 (iti/A.p.), III. 523 (1i/A.D.), VI. 926 (iii/A.pD.), P Fay 132 (iii/A.p.). The hour, which corresponds to our 3 p.m., illustrates the elasticity of a term which will answer to our ‘* lunch” or ** supper ”’ on occasion : it relieves some of the difficulty in Lk 1416, where an ἄριστον seems demanded by the details. In P Oxy VI. 927 (iii/A.D.) we have the same formula and the same hour, but els γάμους stands in the place of δειπνῆσαι. It is curious to find our phrase ‘‘ to dine out”’ paralleled —BGU IV. 1141°° (c. B.C. 14)] οὐδὲ ἔξω δεδειπνηκέναι. Ἐφύστον δὲ ἐπιγνοὺς δεδειπνηκέναι ἔσω ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ Tapa” Hpwra δὶς προσελαβόμην αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον παρ᾽ ἐμέ : it is not clear that the parallel is more than verbal. MGr δευπνῶ = ‘* lunch,” “‘ dine.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δειπνέω (deipneō) — to dine. δειπν-έω, future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+], -ήσομαι [Refs 1st c.BC+]aorist ἐδείπνησα, Epic dialect δείπνησα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect δεδείπνηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect 1st pers. plural δεδείπναμεν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; infinitive δεδειπνάναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐδεδειπνήκεσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect δεδειπνήκειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—make a meal, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: in Attic dialect always, take the chief meal, dine, once in Trag., δειπνεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τὸ ἄριστον make breakfast serve as dinner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. παρά τινι with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ἐν πρυτανείῳ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. with accusative, δ. ἄρτον make a meal on bread, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δ. τἀλλότρια, of parasites, frequently in Comedy texts,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. active, entertain, τινάς [Refs]