Strong's Hebrew · H3938
H3938 lâʻaṭ
לָעַט
law-at'
to eat
Looking for Greek G3938 párodos? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3938. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
lâʻaṭ appears once in Scripture, in Genesis 25:30. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to swallow greedily; causatively, to feed
In the King James Version
feed.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)”
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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).
