26 occurrences

'Eat' in the Bible

But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that which I give thee.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against GodEating With MouthsPay Attention To God!rebellion

And he said unto me, Son of man, eat that which thou findest; eat this roll, and go, speak unto the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManBooks, Metaphorical UseSpeaking As From God

So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the roll.

Verse ConceptsBooks In ProphecyEating With Mouths

And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Verse ConceptsStomachsTasteSweetnessFilling PeopleBooks In Prophecy

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof.

Verse ConceptsGrainVegetablesBeansOne YearBreadNutrition

And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

Verse ConceptsWeights Of Other Thingsweight

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

Verse ConceptsCakesDefecationBaking BreadDung For Fuelcookingpoop

And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.

Verse ConceptsExile In ProspectUnclean Thingspoop

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

Verse ConceptsBreaking SticksDrinking WaterFamine ComingFear Will ComePeople AppalledFamine Will ComeAnxiety And FearDespairweight

Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.

Verse ConceptsCannibalismGod Scattering IsraelSurvivors ThreatenedFathers And SonsDadsFathers And Daughters

Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;

Verse ConceptsEating And DrinkingWorry And StressAnxiety And FearAnxiety And StressNervousness

and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, and despoiled of all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

Verse ConceptsWorryViolence In The EarthEating And DrinkingFear Will ComeDespair

Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil; and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper unto royal estate.

Verse ConceptsFoodAdornment, Of WomenGoldQueensSilverHoneyProsperityOlive Oilroyaltyprospering

Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Verse ConceptsCustomFeetBereavement, Expression OfHead coveringCovering The MouthSandalsTraditionsVeilsDressShoesClothing OneselfHeadgearFacial HairSilenceEating Forbidden Food

And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthFacial HairImitating OthersEating Forbidden Food

therefore, behold, I will deliver thee to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in thee, and make their dwellings in thee; they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

Verse ConceptsMilkNomadsSeeking Food

Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?

Verse ConceptsSheddingPeople Consuming BloodIdol WorshipJudged As MurderersEating Meat

And as for my sheep, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet, and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodDrinking Water

And thou, son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Speak unto the birds of every sort, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drink blood.

Verse ConceptsCreatures Drinking BloodEating CorpsesWild Animals DevouringBirds Eating

Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Eating PeopleCreatures Drinking Blood

And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

Verse ConceptsFatnessCreatures Drinking BloodFat Of AnimalsEating Forbidden Food

Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they are the holy chambers, where the priests that are near unto Jehovah shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; for the place is holy.

Verse Conceptsdrawing near to GodGuilt OfferingSin OfferingAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingAccommodationsFood For Priests DefinedRegulations For Cereal OfferingsRegulations For The Sin Offering

As for the prince, he shall sit therein as prince to eat bread before Jehovah; he shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.

Verse ConceptsPrincesEating Before GodRooms Of Ezekiel's Temple

They shall eat the meal-offering, and the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs.

Verse ConceptsGuilt OfferingGiving To GodFood For Priests DefinedRegulations For Cereal OfferingsRegulations For The Sin Offering

The priests shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be bird or beast.

Verse ConceptsAnimals Torn To PiecesDeath Of CreaturesForbidden FoodRelation Of Animals To Mannatural Death

Bible Theasaurus

Consume (170 instances)
Corrode (1 instance)
Deplete (1 instance)
Despatch (1 instance)
Devour (148 instances)
Discuss (17 instances)
Dispatch (5 instances)
Exhaust (12 instances)
Tolerate (15 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
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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