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

Leviticus 22:6
H398

The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

Leviticus 22:7
H398

And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

Leviticus 22:8
H398

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 22:10
H398

There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Leviticus 22:10
H398

There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Leviticus 22:11
H398

But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

Leviticus 22:11
H398

But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.

Leviticus 22:12
H398

If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

Leviticus 22:13
H398

But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

Leviticus 22:13
H398

But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

Leviticus 22:14
H398

And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

Leviticus 22:16
H398

Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

Leviticus 23:6
H398

And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

Leviticus 23:14
H398

And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

Leviticus 24:9
H398

And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.

Leviticus 25:12
H398

For it is the jubile; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field.

Leviticus 25:19
H398

And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

Leviticus 25:20
H398

And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

Leviticus 25:22
H398

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

Leviticus 25:22
H398

And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.

Leviticus 26:5
H398

And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

Leviticus 26:10
H398

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

Leviticus 26:16
H398

I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Leviticus 26:26
H398

And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

Leviticus 26:29
H398

And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

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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