Strong's Greek · G2068

ἐσθίω

esthíō

devour, eat, live

Definition

used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315 (φάγω); to eat (usually literal)

Derivation

strengthened for a primary (to eat);

Appears 65 times in Scripture

Matthew 26:21

And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”

Matthew 12:1

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”

Matthew 24:49

And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

Matthew 15:27

“Yes, Lord,” she said, “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”

Matthew 14:21

About five thousand men were fed, besides women and children.

Matthew 15:38

A total of four thousand men were fed, besides women and children.

Matthew 11:18

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

Matthew 9:11

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Matthew 15:2

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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