The word in Scripture

Table in the Bible

The word table appears 73 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A table is the place of fellowship and provision. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What table means in the Bible

A table is the place of fellowship and provision.

Where the word table appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word table appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.”Psalms 23:5

“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.”Psalms 128:3

“And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.”Luke 16:21

“That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”Luke 22:30

“There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.”John 12:2

“Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.”John 13:28

“And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:”Romans 11:9

“For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.”Hebrews 9:2