Food eaten at set times, on special occasions or following significant events. Sacrificial meals formed part of Israelite worship in the OT, as does the Lord's Supper for worship by believers in the NT.

Regular daily meals

John 21:12

Breakfast

Luke 14:12-14

See also

Lunch

Genesis 43:16,31-34
Ruth 2:14
Acts 10:9-10
Luke 17:7-8

See also

Evening meal

Matthew 9:10-13
Mark 14:3

pp Mk 2:15-17

pp Lk 5:29-32

Luke 14:12-14

pp Lk 7:36

pp Jn 12:1-2

Genesis 40:20

Royal meals

See also

1 Samuel 20:18-34
2 Samuel 9:9-13
1 Kings 4:22-28; 18:19
Esther 1:1-12; 2:18; 7:1-10
Matthew 14:6-11

pp Mk 6:21-28

Proverbs 15:17

Meals of the poor

See also

1 Kings 17:10-16
Genesis 31:53-54

Sacrificial meals

See also

Exodus 12:1-11; 29:31-34
Leviticus 6:14-29; 7:1-6; 8:31; 10:12-15
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
1 Samuel 1:3-8; 9:11-24; 20:28-29
Matthew 26:20-29

Symbolic meals

See also

pp Mk 14:17-25

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

pp Lk 22:14-22

Matthew 22:1-14

Wedding and funeral meals

See also

Jeremiah 16:5

pp Lk 14:16-24

John 2:1-10
Revelation 19:6-9
2 Kings 4:8

Meals and hospitality

See also

Genesis 18:1-8; 19:1-3
Judges 5:24-25; 13:15-16
1 Samuel 28:24-25
Revelation 3:20

Meals as occasions of fellowship

See also

Proverbs 15:17
Luke 5:29-32; 7:36

See also

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4404 food
4410 banquets
4424 cedar
4438 eating
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5742 wedding
7355 feasts and festivals, nature of
7435 sacrifice, in OT
7933 Lord's Supper
8445 hospitality