"a table, an eating table, Mt. 15:27; Mk. 7:28; Heb. 9:2; by impl. a meal, feast, Rom. 11:9; 1 Cor. 10:21; a table or counter of a money changer, Mt. 21:12; a bank, Lk. 19:23; by impl. pl. money matters, Acts 6:2"
Definition and meaning
a table, an eating table, Mt. 15:27; Mk. 7:28; Heb. 9:2; by impl. a meal, feast, Rom. 11:9; 1 Cor. 10:21; a table or counter of a money changer, Mt. 21:12; a bank, Lk. 19:23; by impl. pl. money matters, Acts 6:2
In the original Greek the word is written: τράπεζα
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of trapeza (G5132) across the King James Bible.
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
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Common questions
Strong's G5132 (trapeza) is a Greek word that means: a table, an eating table, Mt. 15:27; Mk. 7:28; Heb. 9:2; by impl. a meal, feast, Rom. 11:9; 1 Cor. 10:21; a table or counter of a money changer, Mt. 21:12; a bank, Lk. 19:23; by impl. pl. money matter... It appears 14 times in the King James Bible.
The word trapeza (G5132) appears 14 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G5132 is trapeza, a Greek word defined as: a table, an eating table, Mt. 15:27; Mk. 7:28; Heb. 9:2; by impl. a meal, feast, Rom. 11:9; 1 Cor. 10:21; a table or counter of a money changer, Mt. 2. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
trapeza is a Greek word found in the New Testament.