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PLATTER

plat'-er: (1) qe`arah, "a deep dish" (Nu 7:13 f,84,85). In the King James Version and the English Revised Version "charger," the American Standard Revised Version "platter" (compare Ex 25:29; 37:16); the Septuagint trublion, and in the New Testament rendered "dish" (Mt 26:23; Mk 14:20). In Ezr 1:9, the American Standard Revised Version agharTal, rendered "platter," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "chargers"; probably a deep dish or basin used in sacrificial slaughter. (2) paropsis, originally a side dish, for relishes, entrees, but of dishes for food, in general, especially meats, fish, etc., used with poterion, "cup" or "drinking vessel" (Mt 23:25 f); also pinax, originally a large wooden dish or plate (Lk 11:39); rendered "charger" in Mt 14:8,11 the King James Version, and Mk 6:25,28 the King James Version and the English Revised Version.
Edward Bagby Pollard
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'platter'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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