Biblica Analytica
G5140 Greek

Ταβέρναι

Tabernai

Taverns

Lexicon Entry

Definition
Taverns
Transliteration
Tabernai
Strong's Number
G5140
Occurrences
71

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Explored

The Greek word Ταβέρναι (Tabernai) is a noun that refers to taverns. It appears 71 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the ancient Greek context. The word likely carries a connotation of a place where people gather to socialize, drink, and potentially engage in other activities. The frequency of its occurrence suggests that taverns played a notable role in ancient Greek society, possibly serving as community hubs or gathering places for various groups. The word's presence in the Bible may also imply that taverns were a common feature of the urban landscape, where people from different backgrounds interacted and socialized. The significance of Ταβέρναι lies in its representation of a shared social space, where people from different walks of life came together. Its frequent appearance in the Bible underscores the importance of taverns as a part of everyday life in ancient Greece.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
G5140
Lemma
Ταβέρναι
Transliteration
Tabernai
Definition
Taverns
Occurrences
71
Model
workers-ai
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

71 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 13:33

He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

Matthew 15:32

Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”

Matthew 17:4

Peter answered, and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

Matthew 18:16

But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

Matthew 18:20

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

Matthew 26:61

and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.’ ”

Matthew 27:40

and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

Matthew 27:63

saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Mark 8:2

“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

Mark 9:5

Peter answered Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

Mark 9:31

For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”

Mark 10:34

They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”

Mark 14:58

“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’ ”

Mark 15:29

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, “Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,

Luke 1:56

Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her house.

Luke 2:46

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.

Luke 4:25

But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

Luke 9:33

As they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not knowing what he said.

Luke 10:36

Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?”

Luke 11:5

He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

Luke 12:52

For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

Luke 12:52

For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

Luke 13:7

He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’

Luke 13:21

It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

John 2:6

Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.

John 2:19

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”

John 2:20

The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?”

John 21:11

Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of one hundred fifty-three great fish. Even though there were so many, the net wasn’t torn.

Acts 5:7

About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in.

Acts 7:20

At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.

Acts 9:9

He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.

Acts 10:19

While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men seek you.

Acts 17:2

Paul, as was his custom, went in to them, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

Acts 19:8

He entered into the synagogue and spoke boldly for a period of three months, reasoning and persuading about the things concerning God’s Kingdom.

Acts 20:3

When he had spent three months there, and a plot was made against him by Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

Acts 25:1

Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

Acts 28:7

Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the chief man of the island, named Publius, who received us, and courteously entertained us for three days.

Acts 28:11

After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was “The Twin Brothers.”

Acts 28:12

Touching at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.

Acts 28:15

From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage.

Acts 28:17

After three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

1 Corinthians 10:8

Let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.

1 Corinthians 13:13

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 14:27

If any man speaks in another language, let it be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.

1 Corinthians 14:29

Let the prophets speak, two or three, and let the others discern.

2 Corinthians 13:1

This is the third time I am coming to you. “At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”