King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4849
Transliteration: symposion
Phonetic Spelling: (soom-pos'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a drinking party, company (guests at a party)
Meaning: a drinking party, company (guests at a party)
συμπόσιον, συμποσίου, τό (συμπίνω), a drinking-party, entertainment (Latinconvivium); by metonymy, the party itself, the guests (Plutarch, mor., p. 157 a.; 704d.); plural rows of guests: συμπόσια συμπόσια, Hebraistically for κατά συμπόσια, in parties, by companies ((Buttmann, 30 (27); § 129 a. 3; Winers Grammar, 229 (214); 464 (432)); see πρασιά), Mark 6:39.
Word Summary
symposion: a drinking party, company (guests at a party)
Original Word: συμπόσιονTransliteration: symposion
Phonetic Spelling: (soom-pos'-ee-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a drinking party, company (guests at a party)
Meaning: a drinking party, company (guests at a party)
Strong's Concordance
group, party, companyNeuter of a derivative of the alternate of sumpino; a drinking-party ("symposium"), i.e. (by extension) a room of guests -- company.
see GREEK sumpino
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4849: συμπόσιονσυμπόσιον, συμποσίου, τό (συμπίνω), a drinking-party, entertainment (Latinconvivium); by metonymy, the party itself, the guests (Plutarch, mor., p. 157 a.; 704d.); plural rows of guests: συμπόσια συμπόσια, Hebraistically for κατά συμπόσια, in parties, by companies ((Buttmann, 30 (27); § 129 a. 3; Winers Grammar, 229 (214); 464 (432)); see πρασιά), Mark 6:39.