Aristao means “dine” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H709 — argob in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G709 αριστάω (aristao) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. aristao (ar-is-tah'-o) v. 1. to take the principle meal [from G712] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include dine. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
aristao (ar-is-tah'-o) v. 1. to take the principle meal [from G712] KJV: dine Root(s): G712
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G709. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to eat early meal
Usage: ἀριστάω, -ῶ (ἄριστον), [in LXX: Gen.43:25 (לֶחֶם אָכַל), 1Ki.14:24 (לֶחֶם), 3Ki.13:7 (סָעַד), Tob.2:1 * ;] __1. prop., to breakfast: Jhn.21:12, 15 __2. In late Gk., to take a meal, dine: Luk.11:37.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aristao, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G709 (αριστάω) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And they prepared their gifts, until Joseph came at noon, for they heard that he was going to dine there.
And Jaal was a wood abounding in swarms of bees on the face of the ground.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Now when I was come home again, and my wife Anna was restored unto me, with my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared me; and I sat down to eat.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G709.
And they prepared their gifts, until Joseph came at noon, for they heard that he was going to dine there.
And Jaal was a wood abounding in swarms of bees on the face of the ground.
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
Now when I was come home again, and my wife Anna was restored unto me, with my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared me; and I sat down to eat.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G709, grouped by book.
Aristao (Strong's G709) is a Greek word most simply glossed "dine". aristao (ar-is-tah'-o) v. 1. to take the principle meal [from G712]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G709 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G709 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as dine. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G709, with linked reader references where each row is available.