τράπεζα
trä'-pe-zä
feminine noun
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Probably contracted from τέσσαρες (G5064) and πεζῇ (G3979)
probably contracted from G5064 and G3979; a table or stool (as being four-legged), usually for food (figuratively, a meal); also a counter for money (figuratively, a broker's office for loans at interest):—bank, meat, table.
Outline
- a table
- a table on which food is placed, an eating place
- the table in the temple at Jerusalem on which the consecrated loaves were placed
- equiv. to the food placed upon the table
- to set a table
- put food before one
- a banquet, feast
- 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