table
trapeza denotes a table in meal settings, exchange activity, and sacred or figurative settings in the supplied verses.
The dominant attested use is a table associated with eating, food, or those gathered at it. Other verses place tables in exchange activity, while a smaller group uses the singular noun in a sacred setting or in statements where a table is set alongside broader figurative language.
Senses in use
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Table associated with food and shared eating · dominant
The genitive singular form occurs in clauses about food and eating: in Luke 16:21 the APB renders a desire for what fell from a rich man's table, and in Mark 7:28 it renders little dogs under the table eating crumbs. In Luke 22:21 and Luke 22:30, the same form is placed with those at or eating and drinking at a table; Acts 16:34 has the accusative singular in the clause where food is set before guests.
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Tables used for money exchange · common
Plural accusative forms occur where tables are overturned among moneychangers in John 2:15, Mark 11:15, and Matthew 21:12. Luke 19:23 uses the accusative singular in a statement about putting money on a table and collecting it with interest.
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Sacred or figurative table · occasional
In Hebrews 9:2, the nominative singular is listed with the lampstand and bread of the Presence in the prepared tent. In 1 Corinthians 10:21, the genitive singular occurs in the contrasted phrases rendered “the table of the Lord” and “the table of demons”; Romans 11:9 likewise places the nominative singular in the statement that a table become a snare, trap, stumbling block, and retribution.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently uses “table” or “tables,” including meal scenes, moneychangers' equipment, and the sacred tent. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation text, these English renderings confirm the clauses' settings without establishing finer lexical distinctions by themselves.