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# feast
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## Related Ideas:
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dinner
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## Definition:
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The term "feast" refers to an event where a group of people eat a very large meal together, often for the purpose of celebrating something. The action to "feast" means to eat a large amount of food or to participate in eating a feast together.
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* Often there are special kinds of food that are eaten at a certain feast.
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* The religious festivals that God commanded the Jews to celebrate usually included having a feast together. For this reason the festivals are often called "feasts."
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* In Bible times, kings and other rich and powerful people often gave feasts to entertain their family or friends.
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* In the story about the lost son, the father had a special feast prepared to celebrate the return of his son.
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* A feast sometimes lasted for several days or more.
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* The term to "feast" could also be translated as to "eat lavishly" or to "celebrate by eating lots of food" or to "eat a special, large meal."
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* Depending on the context, "feast" could be translated as "celebrating together with a large meal" or "a meal with a lot of food" or "a celebration meal."
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(See also: [festival](../other/festival.md))
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## Picture of a Feast:
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<a href="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/f/Feast.png"><img src="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/f/Feast.png" ></a>
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## Bible References:
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* [2 Peter 02:12-14](rc://en/tn/help/2pe/02/12)
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* [Genesis 26:30](rc://en/tn/help/gen/26/30)
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* [Genesis 29:22](rc://en/tn/help/gen/29/22)
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* [Genesis 40:20](rc://en/tn/help/gen/40/20)
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* [Jude 01:12-13](rc://en/tn/help/jud/01/12)
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* [Luke 02:43](rc://en/tn/help/luk/02/43)
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* [Luke 14:7-9](rc://en/tn/help/luk/14/07)
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* [Matthew 22:01](rc://en/tn/help/mat/22/01)
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## Word Data:
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* Strong's: H398, H2077, H2282, H3899, H3900, H4150, H4797, H4960, H7646, H8057, H8354, G26, G1173, G1859, G2165, G4910
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## Forms Found in the English ULB:
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dinner, feast, feasting, feasts
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