Strong's Greek · G5176
τρώγω
trṓgō
eat
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
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
“Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.”
“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.””
“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.’”
“Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
“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.”
“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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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).