This noun denotes a dish or platter on which food (especially meat or fish delicacies) is served. Classical sources describe it as a side-dish container or serving plate. Both New Testament uses appear in Matthew 23:25-26, where Jesus rebukes the scribes and Pharisees for cleansing the outside of 'the cup and the dish' while inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. The term functions in Jesus' metaphor contrasting external religious propriety with internal moral corruption—the ceremonial cleansing of dinnerware versus the uncleansed heart.