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GreekG5176Verb

τρώγω

trōgō

6Occurrences
G5176Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

or perhaps rather of a base of G5167 (τρυγών) and G5149 (τρίζω) through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat

probably strengthened from a collateral form of the base of G5134 (τραῦμα) and G5147 (τρίβος) through the idea of corrosion or wear;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.prop., of animals, to gnaw, munch, crunch (Hom.).
2.Of men, to eat raw food, as vegetables, nuts, etc. (Hdt.).
3.In late vernacular, simply to eat (= ἐσθίω)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

τρώγω appears 6 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
5
Matthew
1

Key Passages

John 13:18BSB

I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’

John 6:54BSB

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:56BSB

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

John 6:57BSB

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

John 6:58BSB

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

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