Table Furniture

שֻׁלְחָן71 n.m. Ex 25:23 table (on form of word cf. GFMl.c.; proposes (v. supr.) skin or leather mat spread on ground, v. also, on early Sem. ‘table,’ Thes1417 WeSkizzen iv. 157 RSSem i. 184; 2nd ed. 201 KennedyEncy. Bib. iii. 2991);—abs. שׁ׳ 1 S 20:34 +; cstr. שֻׁלְחַן 1 K 5:7 +; sf. שֻׁלְחָנִי Ju 1:7 +, etc.; pl. שֻׁלְחָנוֹת Is 28:8 +, cstr. שֻׁלְחֲנוֹת 1 Ch 28:16(×2);— 1. table for king’s repast Ju 1:7 (c. תַּחַת), 1 S 20:29, 34; 2 S 9:11 (read שׁ׳ דָּוִד 𝔊 Th We Dr and mod.), v 13; 19:29; 1 K 2:7; 5:1; 18:19; 10:5 = 2 Ch 9:4, cf. Is 21:5 (c. עָרַךְ (q.v. 1 c) arrange); c. עַל 2 S 9:7, 10, 11 Dn 11:27; for governor Ne 5:17 (c. עַל). 2. for private use 1 K 13:20 (c. אֶל), Jb 36:16 ψ 23:5 (fig., c. עָרַךְ), cf. 78:19 (id.), 128:3, also (in bedroom) 2 K 4:10; of revellers Is 28:8, cf. ψ 69:23 (fig.), of wisdom (fig.), of wisdom (fig.) Pr 9:2. 3. especially Ez P for sacred uses: in tab. Ex 25:23 + 17 times 25–40, Nu 3:31, שֻׁלְחַן הַפָּנִים Nu 4:7 (cf. 2 Ch 29:18 infr.); הַשּׁ׳ הַטָּהֹר Lv 24:6 (cf. 2 Ch 13:11 infr.); in Sol.’s temple 1 K 7:48; 2 Ch 29:18, also (10 in no.) 4:8, 19; 13:11, cf. 1 Ch 28:16(×4), also Ez 23:41 (c. עָרַךְ); in Ezekiel’s temple Ez 40:39(×2) + 6 times Ez 40 (8 in no.), 40:42 (of stone, 4 in no.); like altar 41:22, = altar of burnt-offering 44:16; in second temple, שֻׁלְחַן י׳ Mal 1:7, שׁ׳ אֲדֹנָי v 12; for idolatrous meal Is 65:11; fig. of י׳’s sacrif. feast Ez 39:20 (eschatol.).

τράπεζ-α [τρᾰ], ης, ἡ, Doric dialect τράπεσδα Refs 7th c.BC+:— table, especially dining-table, eating-table, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+; τ. εἰσφέρειν, ἐπάγειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ τ. εἰσῄρετο Refs 8th c.BC+; αἴρειν Refs 5th c.BC+; ξενίη τ. the hospitable board, ἴστω Ζεύς.. ξενίη τε τ. Refs 8th c.BC+; ὅρκον μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν Refs 7th c.BC+; ἡ ξενικὴ τ. Refs 4th c.BC+; δέξασθαι τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ entertain at bed and board, Refs 5th c.BC+; τράπεζαν Περσικὴν παρετίθετο he kept a table in the Persian fashion, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς ἀλλοτρίαν τ. ἀποβλέπειν live at other men's table, at their expense, Refs; τὴν τ. ἀνατρέπειν upset the table, Refs 4th c.BC+; proverbial of a spendthrift, Refs 5th c.BC+; table dedicated to the gods, on which meats and offerings were set out, Refs 4th c.BC+; τ. Κυρίου, τ. δαιμονίων, NT __2 table, as implying what is upon it, meal, ἄνομος τ. Refs 5th c.BC+; Συρακοσίων τ., proverbial of luxurious living, Refs 5th c.BC+; Σικελικαὶ τ. proverbial cited in Refs 4th c.BC+; δεύτεραι τ. the second course, Refs 1st c.AD+; compare τράγημα. __II money-changer's counter, ἐν ἀγορᾷ ἐπὶ τῶν τ. NT+5th c.BC+; most frequently bank, Refs, etc.; ἡ ἐργασία ἡ τῆς τ. the right to operate the bank, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ ἐγγύη ἡ ἐπὶ τὴν τ. security given to the bank, NT+4th c.BC+bankers, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατασκευάζεσθαι τράπεζαν set up a bank, Refs 4th c.BC+; τῆς τ. ἀνασκευασθείσης the bank having been broken, Refs 4th c.BC+; δημοσία τ. public bank at Delos, Refs 1st c.BC+; in Egypt, Refs; βασιλικὴ τ. in Egypt, Refs 3rd c.BC+; χειριστὴς τῆς ἐν τῇ Πολέμωνος μερίδι τ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; opposed to ἰδιωτικὴ τ. Refs 1st c.AD+ __III any table or flat surface on which a thing rests: as, __III.1 cross bench in which the mast is fixed, Refs 8th c.BC+; τ. δολωνική, see at {δολωνικός}. __III.2 platform on which slaves were exposed for sale, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III.3 tablet or slab with a relief or inscription, τ. χαλκῆ Oracle texts cited in Refs 4th c.BC+; at a tomb, Refs 1st c.AD+ __III.4 plinth of a statue, Refs 4th c.BC+ __III.4.b lamp-stand, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __III.5 nether millstone, Refs 1st c.AD+ __III.6 part of a torsion engine, probably the plinth, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __III.7 part of the liver, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __III.8 shoulder-blade, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III.9 grinding surface of the teeth,Refs 2nd c.AD+. (The word is shortened from τετράπεζ; hence the question καὶ πόθεν ἐγὼ τρίπουν τ. λήψομα; as if this were an absurdity, Refs 5th c.BC+ —so τρίπεζα, τρέπεδδα (which see), of three-legged tables.)

† [מִשְׁאֶ֫רֶת] n.f. a household vessel, AV (Ex), RV kneading-trough; vessel in which was dough before it was leavened (Ex 12:34) (hence usually der. from שְׂאֹר leaven (with שׁ—by error?—for שׂ), but this not certain; cf. מַשְׂרֵת supr.);—only sf. מִשְׁאַרְתֶּ֑ךָ Dt 28:5, 17 (both + טַנְאֲךָ); pl. sf. מִשְׁאֲרוֹתֶיךָ Ex 7:28 (J; + תַּנּוּרֶיךָ), מִשְׁאֲרֹתָם 12:34 (E).

† מַשְׂרֵת n.m. appar. = pan, dish, Pal.-Aramaic מסרית, only וַתִּקַּח הַמּ׳ 2 S 13:9 and she took the pan; perhaps = מַשְׂאֶרֶת, orig. dough-pan (שׂאר), kneading-trough, GeiUrschr. 382 f. We (not Dr); > Klo Bu Ry in Di Ex 12:34(3te Aufl.) וַתִּקְרָא (אֶת־) הַמְּשָׁרֵת and she called the servant (HPS del. v.)