To eat
τρώγωStrong’s G5176trōgō
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Trōgō is the Greek word usually translated “eating” and “feeding on”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,”
Meaning
Usually translated “eating” and “feeding on”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- eating 5
- feeding on 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 5
- Matthew 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 6:54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
- John 6:57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
- John 6:58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
- John 13:18I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Greek dictionary
τρώγω trōgō · to eat
τρώγω 1. prop., of animals, to gnaw, munch, crunch (Hom., al.). 2. Of men, to eat raw food, as vegetables, nuts, etc. (Hdt., al.). 3. In late vernacular, simply to eat (= ἐσθίω): Mat.24:38, Jhn.6:54, 56-58 13:18 (LXX ἐσθίων) (see Kennedy, Sources, 82, 155; MM, xxv).† (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.