τράπεζα : TRAPEZE; TABLE; TRAPEZOID

Illustrations of English words
derived from the Greek in the New Testament.

By Gaylon West.



From etymonline.com:
1. English trapezium (n.) Look up trapezium at Dictionary.com
1560s, from Late Latin trapezium, from Greek trapezion "irregular quadrilateral," literally "a little table," diminutive of trapeza "table, dining table," from tra- "four" + peza "foot, edge," related to pous, from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot". Before 1540s, Latin editions of Euclid used the Arabic-derived word helmariphe. As the name of a bone in the wrist, it is recorded from 1840.
2. English trapeze (n.) Look up trapeze at Dictionary.com
swing with a cross-bar, used for feats of strength and agility, 1861, from French trapèze, from Late Latin trapezium (see "trapezium" above), probably because the crossbar, the ropes and the ceiling formed a trapezium.

trapeza Thayer Definition:
1) a table 1a) a table on which food is placed, an eating place 1a1) the table in the temple at Jerusalem on which the consecrated loaves were placed 1b) equiv. to the food placed upon the table 1b1) to set a table 1b2) put food before one 1c) a banquet, feast 2) the table or stand of a money changer, where he sits, exchanging different kinds of money for a fee (agio), and paying back with interest loans or deposits
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: probably contracted
from G5064 tessares / tessara Thayer Definition: 1) four -- Part of Speech: adjective
and from G3979 peze¯ Thayer Definition: 1) on foot (as opposed to riding) 2) by land (as opposed to going by sea) Part of Speech: adverb