Definition

to dine, i.e. take the principle (or evening) meal

Etymology

from G1173 (δεῖπνον);

Word family

• δεῖπνον deîpnon

How the KJV renders it

• sup (X -er)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.