To eat with
συνεσθίωStrong’s G4906sunesthiō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sunesthiō is the Greek word usually translated “eats with”, “we ate with” and “ate with”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.”
Meaning
Usually translated “eats with”, “we ate with” and “ate with”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he eats with 1
- we ate with 1
- you ate with 1
- to eat 1
- he was eating 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
- Luke 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 10:41Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
- Acts 11:3Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
- Galatians 2:12For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Greek dictionary
συνεσθίω sunesthiō · to eat with
συν-εσθίω [in LXX: Gen.43:32, Exo.18:12 (אָכַל), 4Ki.12:17 (בָּרָה), Psa.101:5 * ;] to eat with one: with dative of person(s), Luk.15:2, Act.10:41 11:3, 1Co.5:11; before μετά, with genitive of person(s), Gal.2:12.† (AS)
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.