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GreekG2068Verb

ἐσθίω

esthiō

55Occurrences
G2068Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315 (φάγω); to eat (usually literal)

strengthened for a primary (to eat);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
ἔσθω, to eat; (a) absol.: *ἐν φαγεῖν *(on this aor. form, see M, Pr., 111); διδόναι φαγεῖν, ἐ. καὶ πίνειν, of ordinary use of food and drink; of partaking of food at table, opposite to fasting, of revelling. (b) with accusative of thing(s): , *ἄρτον *(Heb. אָכַל לֶחֶם), τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἄ.; ἄ. genitive of person(s); *τά *before; πάσχα, al; κυριακὸν δεῖπνον; θυσίας; o, 51; ἀπό,; metaphorically, to devour, consume: .
LXX: chiefly for אכל

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ἐσθίω appears 55 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
15
Luke
12
Matthew
11
Mark
9
Romans
4
2 Thessalonians
2
Acts
1
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:18BSB

Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

1 Corinthians 8:7BSB

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

Luke 15:16BSB

He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

Matthew 12:1BSB

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

Mark 14:22BSB

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.