Platter

plat'-er:

(1) qe`arah, "a deep dish" (Num 7:13; Num 7:84; Num 7:85). In the King James Version and the English Revised Version "charger," the American Standard Revised Version "platter" (compare Exod 25:29; Exod 37:16); the Septuagint trublion, and in the New Testament rendered "dish" (Matt 26:23; Mark 14:20). In Ezra 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" (Matt 23:25); also pinax, originally a large wooden dish or plate (Luke 11:39); rendered "charger" in Matt 14:8; Matt 14:11 the King James Version, and Mark 6:25; Mark 6:28 the King James Version and the English Revised Version.

Edward Bagby Pollard