King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4094
Transliteration: pinax
Phonetic Spelling: (pin'-ax)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a board, dish
Meaning: a board, dish
πίναξ, πίνακος, ὁ (common thought to be from ΠΙΝΟΣ a pine, and so properly, 'a pine-board'; according to the conjecture of Buttmann, Ausf. Spr. i. 74 n., from πναξ for πλάξ (i. e. anything broad and flat (cf. English plank)) with ἰ inserted, as in πινυτός for πνυτος (according to Fick i. 146 from Sanskritpinaka, a stick, staff)), from Homer down;
Word Summary
pinax: a board, dish
Original Word: πίναξTransliteration: pinax
Phonetic Spelling: (pin'-ax)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a board, dish
Meaning: a board, dish
Strong's Concordance
charger, platter. Apparently a form of plax; a plate -- charger, platter.
see GREEK plax
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4094: πίναξπίναξ, πίνακος, ὁ (common thought to be from ΠΙΝΟΣ a pine, and so properly, 'a pine-board'; according to the conjecture of Buttmann, Ausf. Spr. i. 74 n., from πναξ for πλάξ (i. e. anything broad and flat (cf. English plank)) with ἰ inserted, as in πινυτός for πνυτος (according to Fick i. 146 from Sanskritpinaka, a stick, staff)), from Homer down;
1. a board, a tablet.
2. a dish, plate, platter: Matthew 14:8, 11; Mark 6:25,(27 Lachmann brackets),28; Luke 11:39; Homer, Odyssey 1, 141; 16, 49; others.