Quick Definition
a plate, platter
Strong's Definition
a plate
Derivation: apparently a form of G4109 (πλάξ);
KJV Usage: charger, platter
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πίναξ, πίνακος, ὁ (common thought to be from ΠΙΝΟΣ a pine, and so properly, 'a pine-board'; according to the conjecture of Buttmann, Ausf. Spr. i. 74 n., from πναξ for πλάξ (i. e. anything broad and flat (cf. English plank)) with ἰ inserted, as in πινυτός for πνυτος (according to Fick i. 146 from Sanskritpinaka, a stick, staff)), from Homer down;
1. a board, a tablet.
2. a dish, plate, platter: Mat_14:8; Mat_14:11; Mar_6:25,(27 Lachmann brackets),28; Luk_11:39; Homer, Odyssey 1, 141; 16, 49; others.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πίναξ pinax 5x
pr. a board or plank; in NT a plate, platter, dish on which food was served, Mar_14:8 ; Mar_14:11
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** πίναξ , -ακος , ὁ ,
[in LXX : 4Ma_17:7 R * ;]
prop .,
a board, plank; hence, of various at wooden articles;
(a) a tablet;
(b) a disc, a dish: Mat_14:8 ; Mat_14:11 , Mar_6:25 ; Mar_6:28 Luk_11:39 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πίναξ [page 513]
originally = board, plank, as e.g. in Syll 537 (= .3 969) .83 (B.C. 347 6) ἐπὶ τούτων ἐπιθήσει πίνακας συνκολλήσας . Hence anything flat , as a tablet, a disc, and later a dish as in Mat_14:8 al. : cf. P Tebt I. 112 .51 (accounts B.C. 112) ἄρτου κ̄ε̄ , πίνα (κος ) ε̄ , and BGU III. 781 v. 16 (i/A.D.) πίναξ μέγας ἐν θήκῃ . For πίναξ , a votive tablet, cf. Headlam Herodas p. 181 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πίναξ πί^ναξ, ακος, "a board, plank", of a ship, Od. "a tablet" for writing on, Il. , Plat. , etc. "a trencher, platter", Od. "a panel, picture", Lat. tabula, Simon. : generally, "an engraved plate", of a map, Hdt. "a register, list", Lat. album, Dem. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πίναξ, -ακος, ὁ
[in LXX: 4Ma.17:7 R * ;]
prop., a board, plank; hence, of various at wooden articles;
__(a) a tablet;
__(b) a disc, a dish: Mat.14:8, 11, Mrk.6:25, 28 Luk.11:39.†
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