9 occurrences in 12 translations

'Eat' in the Bible

And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

Verse ConceptsForestsFig treeAnimals, religious role ofVinesDestruction Of PlantsWild Animals DevouringWages Of A Prostitute

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

Verse ConceptsContinuing In Sin

For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesemptinessFamine ComingNumbers ReducingFamine Will Come

They will not cry to me from their heart instead, they wail on their beds. They gather together to eat and drink, turning away from me.

Verse ConceptsBedsShortage Of WineLack Of MeaningGashing BodiesNot PrayingPeople Mourning Catastrophe

For they sow the wind [in evil]And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].The standing grain has no growth;It yields no grain.If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstDebaucherySowing And ReapingUnfruitfulnessWeather, As God's JudgmentWhirlwindsWindFruits Of SinReapingNot Reaping What You SowSuffering From ForeignersHurricanesReaping What You Sowsowing

They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

Verse ConceptsGod Remembering SinNot Pleasing God

They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfRepulsive FoodReturning to the oldUnclean Things

They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsMournersPollutionsRepulsive FoodMourning DeathMaking Cereal Offerings And LibationsNot Pleasing God

I drew them with bands of a man, with cords of love; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I gently caused them to eat.

Verse ConceptsGod's attitude towards peopleKindnessCordsRopesYokesDivine AttractionGod Going DownGod Feeds All The EarthGod Freeing CaptivesGod Has GuidedLike MenLove

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Consume (170 instances)
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Exhaust (12 instances)
Tolerate (15 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּרה 
Barah 
eat , choose , give , cause to eat
Usage: 7

חלל 
Chalal 
Usage: 142

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

אכל 
'akal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

אכל 
'okel 
Usage: 44

אכלה 
'oklah 
Usage: 18

בּער 
Ba`ar 
burn , ... away , kindle , brutish , eaten , set , burn up , eat up , feed , heated , took , wasted
Usage: 94

זלל 
Zalal 
Usage: 9

טעם 
T@`am (Aramaic) 
make to eat , feed
Usage: 3

לחם לחוּם 
Lachuwm 
while he is eating , flesh
Usage: 2

לחם 
Lacham 
Usage: 177

לחם 
Lechem 
Usage: 298

רעה 
Ra`ah 
Usage: 171

βρῶσις 
Brosis 
Usage: 5

γεύομαι 
Geuomai 
Usage: 11

ἐσθίω 
Esthio 
Usage: 52

κατεσθίω 
Katesthio 
devour , eat up , devour up
Usage: 8

κορέννυμι 
Korennumi 
Usage: 2

μεταλαμβάνω 
metalambano 
Usage: 6

νομή 
Nome 
pasture , eat 9
Usage: 1

σκωληκόβρωτος 
Skolekobrotos 
Usage: 1

συνεσθίω 
sunesthio 
eat with
Usage: 5

τρώγω 
Trogo 
eat
Usage: 0

φάγω 
Phago 
eat , meat
Usage: 54

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