Dict: easton - Cup

easton:

Cup @ a wine-cup kjv@Genesis:40:11-21), various forms of which are found on Assyrian and Egyptian monuments. All Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold (kjvKings:10: 21). The cups mentioned in the New Testament were made after Roman and Greek models, and were sometimes of gold kjv@Revelation:17:4). The art of divining by means of a cup was practiced in Egypt kjv@Genesis:44:2-17), and in the East generally. The "cup of salvation" kjv@Psalms:116:13) is the cup of thanksgiving for the great salvation. The "cup of consolation" kjv@Jeremiah:16:7) refers to the custom of friends sending viands and wine to console relatives in mourning kjv@Proverbs:31:6). In kjv@1Corinthians:10:16, the "cup of blessing" is contrasted with the "cup of devils" ( kjv@1Corinthians:10:21). The sacramental cup is the "cup of blessing," because of blessing pronounced over it kjv@Matthew:26:27; kjv@Luke:22:17). The "portion of the cup" kjv@Psalms:11:6 kjv@Psalms:16:5) denotes one's condition of life, prosperous or adverse. A "cup" is also a type of sensual allurement kjv@Jeremiah:51:7; kjv@Proverbs:23:31; kjv@Revelation:17:4). We read also of the "cup of astonishment," the "cup of trembling," and the "cup of God's wrath" kjv@Psalms:75:8; kjv@Isaiah:51:17; kjv@Jeremiah:25:15; kjv@Lamentations:4:21; kjv@Ezekiel:23:32; kjv@Revelation:16:19; comp. kjv@Matthew:26:39 kjv@Matthew:26:42 kjv@John:18:11). The cup is also the symbol of death kjv@Matthew:16:28; kjv@Mark:9:1; kjv@Hebrews:2:9).

Cup-bearer @ an officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the king of Egypt is mentioned in connection with Joseph's history kjv@Genesis:40:1-21 kjv@Genesis:41:9). Rabshakeh (q.v.) was cup-bearer in the Assyrian court ( kjv@2Kings:18:17). Nehemiah filled this office to the king of Persia kjv@Nehemiah:1:11). We read also of Solomon's cup-bearers (kjvKings:10:5; kjv@2Chronicals:9:4).