ΑΡΙΣΤΗΣΑΤΕ, αριστησατε
ARISTĒSATE, aristēsate
Sounds Like: ah-ris-TAY-sah-teh
Translations: dine, eat breakfast, eat the main meal
From the root: ΑΡΙΣΤΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to dine' or 'to eat the main meal of the day'. In ancient Greek culture, the main meal (ariston) was often eaten in the middle of the day, distinct from a light breakfast or supper. The word implies partaking in a significant meal. It is used here in the aorist imperative, commanding a group of people to perform this action.
Inflection: Aorist, Imperative, Active, Second Person Plural
Strong’s number: G0709 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- John — 21:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΙΣΤΑΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΡΙΣΤΑΝ — to eat breakfast, to eat the morning meal, to dine, to eat a meal
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗΣΑΙ — to eat breakfast, to dine, to take the morning meal
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗΣΑΤΕ — eat breakfast, eat a meal, dine
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗΣΗ — to dine, to eat breakfast, to eat lunch, to take the principal meal
- ἈΡΙΣΤΗΣΟΝ — dine, eat breakfast, eat a meal
- ΑΡΙΣΤΑΝ — to eat breakfast, to eat the morning meal, to dine, to eat
- ΑΡΙΣΤΑΩ — to breakfast, to dine, to eat the morning meal
- ΑΡΙΣΤΗΣΑΙ — to eat breakfast, to eat the morning meal, to dine, to eat
- ΑΡΙΣΤΩ — to dine, to eat breakfast, to eat the morning meal, to eat the midday meal
- ἨΡΙΣΤΑ — breakfasted, dined, ate the morning meal
- ἨΡΙΣΤΗΣΑΝ — they ate breakfast, they had breakfast, they ate the morning meal, they had the morning meal
- ΗΡΙΣΤΑ — dined, ate breakfast, ate the morning meal
- ΗΡΙΣΤΗΣΑΝ — they ate breakfast, they ate the morning meal, they dined
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