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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Eat

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

655exact KJV occurrences 520Old Testament 135New Testament 49books containing the word 16mapped Strong's IDs 631occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 2:16

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 19:18

That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where eat appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 4943 verses Exodus 4134 verses Leviticus 6253 verses Numbers 2017 verses Deuteronomy 6556 verses Joshua 33 verses Judges 1110 verses Ruth 21 verses 1 Samuel 1815 verses 2 Samuel 2120 verses 1 Kings 2926 verses 2 Kings 2620 verses 1 Chronicles 11 verses 2 Chronicles 44 verses Ezra 44 verses Nehemiah 66 verses Esther 11 verses Job 44 verses Psalms 1715 verses Proverbs 1514 verses Ecclesiastes 1212 verses Song of Solomon 22 verses Isaiah 3026 verses Jeremiah 1713 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 3127 verses Daniel 66 verses Hosea 66 verses Joel 11 verses Amos 44 verses Obadiah 11 verses Micah 33 verses Nahum 11 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Haggai 11 verses Zechariah 43 verses Matthew 1716 verses Mark 2623 verses Luke 2726 verses John 1514 verses Acts 1010 verses Romans 33 verses 1 Corinthians 2322 verses Galatians 11 verses 2 Thessalonians 33 verses 2 Timothy 11 verses Hebrews 11 verses James 11 verses Revelation 77 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

AramaicH2939
טְעַם

ṭᵉʻam · teh-am'

2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

v

to taste; causatively to feed

Strong's KJV usage: make to eat, feed.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Daniel 4:25Strong's last: Daniel 4:32

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GreekG3542
νομή

nomḗ · nom-ay'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

pasture, i.e. (the act) feeding (figuratively, spreading of a gangrene), or (the food) pasturage

Strong's KJV usage: :--X eat, pasture.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Timothy 2:17Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:17

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HebrewH2490
חָלַל

châlal · khaw-lal'

1 times translated as this KJV form141 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

Strong's KJV usage: begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Deuteronomy 20:6Strong's last: Deuteronomy 20:6

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HebrewH6310
פֶּה

peh · peh

1 times translated as this KJV form496 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to

Strong's KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 25:28Strong's last: Genesis 25:28

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HebrewH7462
רָעָה

râʻâh · raw-aw'

1 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences

v

to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)

Strong's KJV usage: × break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Ezekiel 34:19Strong's last: Ezekiel 34:19

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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18 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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1 Samuel 1:7
H398

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

1 Samuel 1:18
H398

And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

1 Samuel 2:36
H398

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

1 Samuel 9:13
H398

As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.

1 Samuel 9:13
H398

As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.

1 Samuel 9:13
H398

As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.

1 Samuel 9:19
H398

And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.

1 Samuel 9:24
H398

And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

1 Samuel 9:24
H398

And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.

1 Samuel 14:32
H398

And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

1 Samuel 14:33
H398

Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.

1 Samuel 14:34
H398

And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

1 Samuel 20:24
H398

So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

1 Samuel 20:34
H398

So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

1 Samuel 28:22
H398

Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.

1 Samuel 28:23
H398

But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

1 Samuel 28:25
H398

And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

1 Samuel 30:11
H398

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

eat

EAT, verb transitive preterit tense ate; participle passive eat or eaten. [Latin edo, esse, esum.]

1. To bite or chew and swallow, as food.

Men eat flesh and vegetables.

They shall make thee to eat grass as oxen. Daniel 4:25.

2. To corrode; to wear away; to separate parts of a thing gradually, as an animal by gnawing. We say a cancer eats the flesh.

3. To consume; to waste.

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them. Ecclesiastes 5:11.

4. To enjoy.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land. Isaiah 1:19.

5. To consume; to oppress.

Who eat up my people as they eat bread. Psalms 14:4.

6. To feast.

Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die. Isaiah 22:13.

In scripture, to eat the flesh of Christ, is to believe on him and be nourished by faith.

To eat one's words, is to swallow back; to take back what has been uttered; to retract.

EAT, verb intransitive To take food; to feed; to take a meal, or to board.

He did eat continually at the king's table. 2 Sam.

Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners. Matthew 9:11.

1. To take food; to be maintained in food.

To eat or to eat in or into, is to make way by corrosion; to gnaw, to enter by gradually wearing or separating the parts of a substance. A cancer eats into the flesh.

Their word will eat as doth a canker. 2 Timothy 2:17.

To eat out, to consume.

Their word will eat out the vitals of religion, corrupt and destroy it.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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