Strong’s G712 · Greek

ἄριστον
áriston

Definition

the best meal (or breakfast; perhaps from ("early")), i.e. luncheon

Etymology

apparently neuter of a superlative from the same as G730 (ἄῤῥην);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • dinner

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.