τράπεζα, 
τραπέζης, 
ἡ (from 
τέτρα, and 
πέζα a foot), from 
Homer Idown, the 
Sept. for 
שֻׁלְחָן, 
a table; 
1. 
a. a table on which food is placed, an eating-table: 
Matthew 15:27; 
Mark 7:28; 
Luke 16:21; 
Luke 19:23; 
Luke 22:21, 
30; the table in the temple at Jerusalem on which the consecrated loaves were placed (see 
πρόθεσις, 1), 
Hebrews 9:2. 
b. equivalent to the 
food placed upon the table (cf. Fritzsche on Additions to ): 
παρατιθέναι πραπεζαν (like the Latin
mensam 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), 
Acts 16:34; 
διακονεῖν, 
ταῖς τραπέζαις (see 
διακονέω, 3), 
Acts 6:2. 
c. a banquet, feast (from 
Herodotus down): 
Romans 11:9 (from 
Psalm 68:23 (
Ps. 69:23)); 
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), 
1 Corinthians 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): 
Matthew 21:12; 
Mark 11:15; 
John 2:15; 
τό ἀργύριον διδόναι ἐπί (
τήν) 
τράπεζαν, to put the money into a (the) bank at interest, 
Luke 19:23. 
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