Midvash

ἐσθίωesthíō

to eat

Greek (New Testament) · G2068

Meanings

(a) absolutely: Matthew 14:20, Matthew 14:21, Mark 6:31, John 4:31, and elsewhere; ἐν τ. φαγεῖν, 1 Corinthians 11:21; διδόναι φαγεῖν, with dative of person, Mark 5:43, and elsewhere; ἐ. καὶ πίνειν, Matthew 6:25, Matthew 6:31, Luke 10:7, and elsewhere; of ordinary use of food and drink, 1 Corinthians 9:4, 1 Corinthians 11:22; of partaking of food at table, Mark 2:16, Luke 5:30, and elsewhere; opposed to fasting, Matthew 11:18, Luke 5:33, and elsewhere; of revelling, Matthew 24:49, Luke 12:45.

(b) with accusative of thing: Matthew 6:25, Mark 1:6, John 6:31, Romans 14:2, and elsewhere; ἄρτον (Heb. אָכַל לֶחֶם), Matthew 15:2, Mark 3:20, and elsewhere; τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἄ., 2 Thessalonians 3:12; ἄ. followed by παρά, genitive of person, 2 Thessalonians 3:8; τά followed by id., Luke 10:7; τ. πάσχα, Matthew 26:17, Mark 14:12 al; τ. κυριακὸν δεῖπνον, 1 Corinthians 11:20; τ. θυσίας, 1 Corinthians 10:18; followed by ἐκ (= classical Greek part. genitive), John 6:26, John 6:50, John 6:51, 1 Corinthians 11:28; ἀπό (cf. Heb. אָכַל מִן), Matthew 15:27, Mark 7:28; metaphorically, to devour, consume: Hebrews 10:27, James 5:3, Revelation 17:16 (cf. κατ-, συν-εσθίω).

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 65 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 9:11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
  • Matthew 11:18 For John didn’t spend his time eating and drinking, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’
  • Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by its results.”
  • Matthew 12:1 At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began breaking off some heads of grain and eating them.
  • Matthew 14:21 About 5,000 men were fed that day, in addition to all the women and children!
  • Matthew 15:2 “Why do your disciples disobey our age-old tradition? For they ignore our tradition of ceremonial hand washing before they eat.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.