Strong's Greek · G5176

G5176 trṓgō

τρώγω

tro'-go

to eat

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trṓgō appears 6 times in Scripture, in Matthew and John. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

or perhaps rather of a base of G5167 (τρυγών) and G5149 (τρίζω) through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat

In the King James Version

eat

Derivation

probably strengthened from a collateral form of the base of G5134 (τραῦμα) and G5147 (τρίβος) through the idea of corrosion or wear;

Appears 6 times in Scripture

John 6:56

“Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.”

John 6:58

“This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.””

John 13:18

“I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’”

John 6:54

“Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

John 6:57

“Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.”

Matthew 24:38

“For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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