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GreekG5315Verb

φαγεῖν

phagein

90Occurrences
G5315Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to eat (literally or figuratively)

a primary verb (used as an alternate of G2068 (ἐσθίω) in certain tenses);

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

φαγεῖν appears 90 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
19
Mark
16
John
14
Matthew
12
1 Corinthians
10
Revelation
7
Acts
6
Romans
3

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:3BSB

They all ate the same spiritual food

James 5:3BSB

Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire.You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

Luke 13:26BSB

Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

Matthew 14:20BSB

They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Mark 6:36BSB

Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

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