To eat
ἐσθίωStrong’s G2068esthiō
Appears in 55 verses of the New Testament
In short
Esthiō is the Greek word usually translated “eating”, “eat” and “eats”. It appears in 55 verses of the New Testament.
“For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.”
Meaning
Usually translated “eating”, “eat” and “eats”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- eating 16
- eat 7
- to eat 5
- he eats 4
- do eat 4
- eats 3
- were eating 3
- he should eat 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 15
- Luke 12
- Matthew 11
- Mark 9
- Romans 4
- 2 Thessalonians 2
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12In contextNow them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- Matthew 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Matthew 11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
- Matthew 11:19The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
- Matthew 12:1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
- Matthew 14:21And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
All 55 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἐσθίω esthiō · to eat
ἐσθίω, and (poet, and late prose) ἔσθω, [in LXX chiefly for אכל ;] to eat; (a) absol.: Mat.14:20, 21 Mrk.6:31, Jhn.4:31, al.; ἐν τ. φαγεῖν (on this aor. form, see M, Pr., 111), 1Co.11:21; διδόναι φαγεῖν, with dative of person(s), Mrk.5:43, al.; ἐ. καὶ πίνειν, Mat.6:25, 31 Luk.10:7, al.; of ordinary use of food and drink, 1Co.9:4 11:22; of partaking of food at table, Mrk.2:16, Luk.5:30, al.; opposite to fasting, Mat.11:18, Luk.5:33, al.; of revelling, Mat.24:49, Luk.12:45 . …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “eat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EAT, verb transitive
preterit tense ate; participle passive eat or eaten. [Latin edo, esse, esum.]
- To bite or chew and swallow, as food.“They shall make thee to eat grass as oxen” Daniel 4:25
- To corrode; to wear away; to separate parts of a thing gradually, as an animal by gnawing.
- To consume; to waste.“When goods increase, they are increased that eat them” Ecclesiastes 5:11
- To enjoy.“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land” Isaiah 1:19
All definitions and other forms of “eat”
- To consume; to oppress.“Who eat up my people as they eat bread” Psalms 14:4
- To feast.
EAT, verb intransitive
To take food; to feed; to take a meal, or to board.
- “Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners” Matthew 9:11
- To take food; to be maintained in food.“Their word will eat as doth a canker” 2 Timothy 2:17
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.