τράπεζα, τραπέζης, ἡ (from τέτρα, and πέζα a foot), from Homer Idown, the Sept. for ωΛΡμΐηΘο, a table; 1. a. a table on which food is placed, an eating-table: Mat_15:27; Mar_7:28; Luk_16:21; Luk_19:23; Luk_22:21; Luk_22:30; the table in the temple at Jerusalem on which the consecrated loaves were placed (see πρόθ??Ezr_1:1-11), Heb_9:2. b. equivalent to the food placed upon the table (cf. Fritzsche on Additions to ): παρατιθέναι πραπεζαν (like the Latinmensam apponere (cf. our 'to set a good table')), to set a table, i. e., food, before one (Thucydides 1, 130; Aelian v. h. 2, 17), Act_16:34; διακονεῖν, ταῖς τραπέζαις (see διακονέω, 3), Act_6:2. c. a banquet, feast (from Herodotus down): Rom_11:9 (from Psa_68:23 ()); μετέχειν τραπέζης δαιμονίων, to partake of a feast prepared by ((?) see below) demons (the idea is this: the sacrifices of the Gentiles inure to the service of demons who employ them in preparing feasts for their worshippers; accordingly one who participates in those feasts, enters into communion and fellowship with the demons); κυρίου, to partake of a feast prepared by ((?) see below) the Lord (just as when he first instituted the supper), 1Co_10:21 (but it seems more natural to take the genitives δαιμονίων and κυρίου simply as possessive (cf. Winers Grammar, 189 (178); Buttmann, § 127, 27), and to modify the above interpretation accordingly). 2. the table or stand of a money-changer, where he sits, exchanging different kinds of money for a fee (agio), and paying back with interest loans or deposits (Lysias, Isocrates, Demosthenes, Aristotle, Josephus, Plutarch, others): Mat_21:12; Mar_11:15; Joh_2:15; τό ἀργύριον διδόναι ἐπί (τήν) τράπεζαν, to put the money into a (the) bank at interest, Luk_19:23.

τράπεζα trapeza 15x a table, an eating table, Mat_15:27 ; Mar_7:28 ; Heb_9:2 ; by impl. a meal, feast, Rom_11:9 ; 1Co_10:21 ; a table or counter of a money changer, Mat_21:12 ; a bank, Luk_19:23 ; by impl. pl. money matters, Act_6:2 table.

τράπεζα , -ης , ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for H7979 , also for H3899 , etc.;] 1. a table, dining-table: Mat_15:27 , Mar_7:28 , Luk_16:21 ; Luk_19:23 ; Luk_22:21 ; Luk_22:30 ; of the table of shewbread, Heb_9:2 . By meton ., of food provided ( v. DB , iv, 670 a): Act_16:34 , Rom_11:9 ( LXX ) 1Co_10:21 ; διακονεῖν ταῖς τ ., Act_6:2 ( cf. Page , in l , but v. infr .). 2. A money-changer's table, a bank (Dem., Arist ., al .): Mat_21:12 , Mar_11:15 , Luk_19:23 , Joh_2:15 ; so also acc to Dr. Field (Notes, 113), Act_6:2 (but v. supr .).†

τράπεζα [page 639] (1) a table, lit. four-footed (table) : P Eleph 5 .12 (B.C. 284 3) τράπεζα ᾱ , PSI IV. 391 40 (B.C. 242 1) τράπεζαν πυξίνην , a table made of box-wood, Chrest . I. 11A iii. 58 (B.C. 123) καὶ τούτων . . . συνκ̣ωθωνισθέντων καὶ ἁλὸς [ἐπ ]ὶ τραπέζης μεταξ̣υ̣̣ ὄντων ( l . ὄντος ), and P Lond 46 .205 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 71) ἐπὶ παπυρίνης τραπέζης . (2) From the table at which the money-changers sat, τράπεζα came to mean a bank, as in Mat_21:12 , Luk_19:23 al .; P Eleph 27 .23 (iii/B.C.) τετάγμεθα τὸ ἀργύριον καὶ τοὺς τόκους ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλικὴν τράπεζαν , P Tebt II. 280 .2 (B.C. 126) πέ (πτωκεν ) ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Κρο (κοδείλων ) πό (λει ) τρά (πεζαν ) Ἡρακλείδει τρα (πεζίτῃ ) ὥστε βασιλεῖ παρὰ Σοκονώπιος . . . τέ (λος ) τόπου ψιλ (οῦ ) τοῦ ὄντος ἐν Τεβτύ (νει ), Sokonopis has paid into the bank at Crocodilopolis to Heraclides the banker for the King the tax upon a vacant space situated at Tebtunis (Edd.), ib . 483 (A.D. 94) acknowledgment of a loan paid διὰ τὴς Ἀφροδισίου τραπέζης Φανη [σί ]ου , and P Tebt II. 294 .17 (A.D. 146) ἃς (δραχμὰς ) κ [αὶ ] διαγράψω κυρωθεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τόπων δημοσίαν τράπεζαν τοῖς συνήθεσι προθεσμίαις , which (drachmae) I will, as soon as my appointment is ratified, pay into the local public bank at the accustomed dates (Edd.). In P Fay 96 .4 (A.D. 122) a receipt is issued διὰ τῆς Σαραπίωνος τραπέζης stating that a certain payment had been made. As the payment was not in money but in kind ( oil ), this has led to the conjecture by Preisigke ( Girowesen , p. 222 that the τράπεζα may not have been an ordinary bank but a revenue-office (see Wilcken s note ad l . Chrest . I.P.372). (3) For τράπεζα = nether-stone of a mill, see P Ryl II. 167 .12 (A.D. 39) μυλαῖον ἐνεργὸν ἐν ᾧ μύλοι Θηβαικοὶ τρεῖς σὺν κώπαις καὶ τραπέζαις , a mill in full working order, containing 3 Theban mill-stones, with handles and nether-stones, and the other exx. collected by the editors ad 1 . In the Christian P Grenf II. 111 .10 (v/vi A.D.) (= Chrest . I. p. 161 ) τράπεζ (α ) μαρμαρ (ᾶ ) ᾱ , τράπεζα refers to the slab of the altar which was supported by the τρίπους (line II) : see the editors note. MGr τραπέζι , table ; τράπεζα , altar-table : see Thumb Handb . p. 358 f.

τράπεζα τρά-^πεζα, ης, ἡ, [Etym: prob. for τετράπεζα] "four-legged a table", esp. "a dining-table", Hom. , Hdt. , etc.; ξενίη τρ. the hospitable "board", Od. ; τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ δέκεσθαι to entertain at bed and "board", Hdt. ; Περσικὴν τράπεζαν παρετίθετο he kept "a table" in the Persian fashion, Thuc. ; εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν τράπεζαν βλέπειν to live at other men's "table", Xen. "a table", as implying what is upon it, "a dinner, meal", Hdt. , etc.; Συρακοσία τρ., proverb. of luxurious living, Hor. "Siculae dapes", Plat. "a money-changer's table, a bank", Lat. mensa argentaria, id=Plat. , etc.; ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν τρ. security given to "the bank", Dem. ; οἱ ἐπὶ ταῖς τραπέζαις "bankers", Isocr.

τράπεζα, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for שֻׁלְחָן, also for לֶחֶם, etc. ;] __1. a table, dining-table: Mat.15:27, Mrk.7:28, Luk.16:21 19:23 22:21, 30; of the table of shewbread, Heb.9:2. By meton., of food provided (see DB, iv, 670 a): Act.16:34, Rom.11:9" (LXX) 1Co.10:21; διακονεῖν ταῖς τ., Act.6:2 (cf. Page, in l, but see infr.). __2. A money-changer's table, a bank (Dem., Arist., al.): Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:15, Luk.19:23, Jhn.2:15; so also accusative to Dr. Field (Notes, 113), Act.6:2 (but see supr.).† (AS)