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Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Read in context →For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
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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: Exodus 12:15Strong's last: Jeremiah 31:30
Open full H398 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 9:11Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 11:29
Open full G2068 profile →trṓgō · tro'-go
or perhaps rather of a base of G5167 and G5149 through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat
Strong's KJV usage: :--eat.
Strong's first: John 6:54Strong's last: John 13:18
Open full G5176 profile →synesthíō · soon-es-thee'-o
to take food in company with
Strong's KJV usage: :--eat with.
Strong's first: Luke 15:2Strong's last: Luke 15:2
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All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
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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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