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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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Read in context →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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ʼâkal · aw-kal'
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.
Strong's first: Genesis 2:16Strong's last: Zechariah 11:16
Open full H398 profile →phágō · fag'-o
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--eat, meat.
Strong's first: Matthew 6:25Strong's last: Revelation 19:18
Open full G5315 profile →esthíō · es-thee'-o
used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literal)
Strong's KJV usage: :--devour, eat, live.
Strong's first: Matthew 12:1Strong's last: 2 Thessalonians 3:12
Open full G2068 profile →lâcham · law-kham'
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).
Strong's first: Psalms 141:4Strong's last: Proverbs 23:6
Open full H3898 profile →bârâh · baw-raw'
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 →synesthíō · soon-es-thee'-o
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 →ʼoklâh · ok-law'
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 →ṭᵉʻam · teh-am'
to taste; causatively to feed
Strong's KJV usage: make to eat, feed.
Strong's first: Daniel 4:25Strong's last: Daniel 4:32
Open full H2939 profile →geúomai · ghyoo'-om-ahee
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 →katesthíō · kat-es-thee'-o
to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--devour.
Strong's first: Revelation 10:9Strong's last: Revelation 10:9
Open full G2719 profile →nomḗ · nom-ay'
pasture, i.e. (the act) feeding (figuratively, spreading of a gangrene), or (the food) pasturage
Strong's KJV usage: :--X eat, pasture.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 2:17Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:17
Open full G3542 profile →ʼăkal · ak-al'
Strong's KJV usage: accuse, devour, eat.
Strong's first: Daniel 4:33Strong's last: Daniel 4:33
Open full H399 profile →châlal · khaw-lal'
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.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 20:6Strong's last: Deuteronomy 20:6
Open full H2490 profile →lechem · lekh'-em
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Strong's KJV usage: (shew-) bread, × eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
Strong's first: Job 3:24Strong's last: Job 3:24
Open full H3899 profile →peh · peh
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.
Strong's first: Genesis 25:28Strong's last: Genesis 25:28
Open full H6310 profile →râʻâh · raw-aw'
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.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 34:19Strong's last: Ezekiel 34:19
Open full H7462 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
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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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