Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
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Dinner
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Luke 14:12
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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ἄριστον
áriston · ar'-is-ton
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from ἦρι ("early")), i.e. luncheon
Strong's KJV usage: :--dinner.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 22:4Strong's last: Luke 14:12
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ʼăruchâh · ar-oo-khaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
a ration of food
Strong's KJV usage: allowance, diet, dinner, victuals.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 15:17Strong's last: Proverbs 15:17
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Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
G712
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
G712
And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.
G712
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
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dinner
DINNER, noun [See Dine.]
1. The meal taken about the middle of the day; or the principal meal of the day, eaten between noon and evening.
2. An entertainment; a feast.
Behold, I have prepared my dinner Matthew 22:4.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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