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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Eat
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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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אָכַל
ʼâkal · aw-kal'
480 times translated as this KJV form809 total Strong's occurrences
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, × in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 2:16Strong's last: Zechariah 11:16
Open full H398 profile →φάγω
phágō · fag'-o
88 times translated as this KJV form105 total Strong's occurrences
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--eat, meat.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 6:25Strong's last: Revelation 19:18
Open full G5315 profile →ἐσθίω
esthíō · es-thee'-o
39 times translated as this KJV form68 total Strong's occurrences
used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literal)
Strong's KJV usage: :--devour, eat, live.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 12:1Strong's last: 2 Thessalonians 3:12
Open full G2068 profile →לָחַם
lâcham · law-kham'
5 times translated as this KJV form177 total Strong's occurrences
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
Strong's KJV usage: devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 141:4Strong's last: Proverbs 23:6
Open full H3898 profile →בָּרָה
bârâh · baw-raw'
4 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to select; to feed; to render clear
Strong's KJV usage: choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 3:35Strong's last: 2 Samuel 13:10
Open full H1262 profile →συνεσθίω
synesthíō · soon-es-thee'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to take food in company with
Strong's KJV usage: :--eat with.
Strong's first: Acts 10:41Strong's last: Galatians 2:12
Open full G4906 profile →אׇכְלָה
ʼoklâh · ok-law'
2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
food
Strong's KJV usage: consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
Strong's first: Exodus 16:15Strong's last: Leviticus 11:39
Open full H402 profile →טְעַם
ṭᵉʻam · teh-am'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
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
Open full H2939 profile →γεύομαι
geúomai · ghyoo'-om-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience (good or ill)
Strong's KJV usage: :--eat, taste.
Strong's first: Acts 23:14Strong's last: Acts 23:14
Open full G1089 profile →κατεσθίω
katesthíō · kat-es-thee'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--devour.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Revelation 10:9Strong's last: Revelation 10:9
Open full G2719 profile →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
Open full G3542 profile →אֲכַל
ʼăkal · ak-al'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: accuse, devour, eat.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 4:33Strong's last: Daniel 4:33
Open full H399 profile →חָלַל
châlal · khaw-lal'
1 times translated as this KJV form141 total Strong's occurrences
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
Open full H2490 profile →לֶחֶם
lechem · lekh'-em
1 times translated as this KJV form294 total Strong's occurrences
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Strong's KJV usage: (shew-) bread, × eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 3:24Strong's last: Job 3:24
Open full H3899 profile →פֶּה
peh · peh
1 times translated as this KJV form496 total Strong's occurrences
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
Open full H6310 profile →רָעָה
râʻâh · raw-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form172 total Strong's occurrences
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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H398
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
H398
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
H398
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
H398
So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
H398
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
H398
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
H398
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
H398
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
H398
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
H398
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
H398
And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
H398
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
H398
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
H398
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
H398
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
H398
And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
H398
Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
H398
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
H398
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
H398
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
H398
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
H398
Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
H398
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
H7462
And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
H398
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
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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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