Word Summary
dochē: a reception, a banquet
Original Word: δοχήTransliteration: dochē
Phonetic Spelling: (dokh-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a reception, a banquet
Meaning: a reception, a banquet
Strong's Concordance
feast.
From dechomai; a reception, i.e. Convivial entertainment -- feast.
see GREEK dechomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1403: δοχήδοχή,
δοχης,
ἡ (
δέχομαι, to receive as a guest),
a feast, banquet, (cf. our
reception]:
δοχήν ποιῶ,
Luke 5:29;
Luke 14:13. (equivalent to
מִשְׁתֶה, Gen. (
); ; Esther 1:3; Esther 5:4ff; Athen. 8, p. 348 f.; Plutarch, moral., p. 1102 b. (i. e.non posse suav. vivi etc. 21, 9).)