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esthiō G2068

ἐσθίω (esthiō) means “to eat” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἐσθίω Greek · G2068 65 tagged occurrences in 55 verses

Pronunciation guide: es-thee'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2068

ἐσθίω · esthiō · to eat

ἐσθίω, and (poet, and late prose) ἔσθω, [in LXX chiefly for אכל ;] to eat; (a) absol.: Mat.14:20, 21 Mrk.6:31, Jhn.4:31, al.; ἐν τ. φαγεῖν (on this aor. form, see M, Pr., 111), 1Co.11:21; διδόναι φαγεῖν, with dative of person(s), Mrk.5:43, al.; ἐ. καὶ πίνειν, Mat.6:25, 31 Luk.10:7, al.; of ordinary use of food and drink, 1Co.9:4 11:22; of partaking of food at table, Mrk.2:16, Luk.5:30, al.; opposite to fasting, Mat.11:18, Luk.5:33, al.; of revelling, Mat.24:49, Luk.12:45 . (b) with accusative of thing(s): Mat.6:25, Mrk.1:6, Jhn.6:31, Rom.14:2, al.; ἄρτον (Heb. אָכַל לֶחֶם), Mat.15:2, Mrk.3:20, al.; τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἄ., 2Th.3:12; ἄ. before παρά, genitive of person(s), 2Th.3:8; τά before id., Luk.10:7; τ. πάσχα, Mat.26:17, Mrk.14:12 al; τ. κυριακὸν δεῖπνον, 1Co.11:20; τ. θυσίας, 1Co.10:18; before ἐκ (= cl. part. genitive), Jhn.6:26, 5o, 51, 1Co.11:28; ἀπό (cf. Heb. אָכַל מִן), Mat.15:27, Mrk.7:28; metaphorically, to devour, consume: Heb.10:27, Jas.5:3, Rev.17:16 (cf. κατ-, συν-εσθίω) . (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I eat, partake of food; met: I devour, consume (e.g. as rust does).

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How translators render G2068

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
eat 9
eating 8
eats 5
to eat 4
does so 2
eat them 2
fed 2
people were eating 2
they eat 2
were eating 2
you eat 2
abstains 1
consume 1
do you eat 1
does 1
does not 1
does not drink 1
does not eat everything 1
does not eat of 1
eat it 1
eat of 1
eats everything 1
he eat 1
he eats 1
he shall not eat 1
he should eat 1
his food was 1
is eating 1
keep on eating 1
that they eat such food 1
they do not eat 1
they were eating 1
to earn their own living 1
to let his eating be 1
while they were eating 1
you may eat 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
eat 14
eateth 7
did eat 5
eating 5
to eat 5
him that eateth 3
as 2
he eateth 2
he that eateth 2
let him eat 2
they did eat 2
they eat 2
ye eat 2
devour 1
do ye eat 1
he did eat 1
him which eateth 1
live 1
should he eat 1
that eateth 1
they that did eat 1
were eating 1
which 1
which eat 1
who eateth 1
ye may eat 1

Verses containing G2068

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  1. Matthew 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  2. Matthew 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  3. Matthew 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  4. Matthew 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  5. Matthew 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  6. Matthew 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  7. Matthew 15:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  8. Matthew 15:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  9. Matthew 24:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  10. Matthew 26:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  11. Matthew 26:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”

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  12. Mark 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

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  13. Mark 2:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

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  14. Mark 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.

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  15. Mark 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.

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  16. Mark 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And on returning from the market, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions for them to observe, including the washing of cups, pitchers, kettles, and couches for dining.

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  17. Mark 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”

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  18. Mark 7:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

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  19. Mark 14:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you who is eating with Me will betray Me.”

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  20. Mark 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”

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  21. Luke 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

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  22. Luke 5:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”

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  23. Luke 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them.

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  24. Luke 7:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

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  25. Luke 7:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

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  26. Luke 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.

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  27. Luke 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you enter a town and they welcome you, eat whatever is set before you.

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  28. Luke 12:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

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  29. Luke 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.

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  30. Luke 17:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

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  31. Luke 17:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.

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  32. Luke 22:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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  33. Acts 27:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

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  34. Romans 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

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  35. Romans 14:3 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

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  36. Romans 14:6 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

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  37. Romans 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

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  38. 1 Corinthians 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

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  39. 1 Corinthians 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

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  40. 1 Corinthians 9:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?

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  41. 1 Corinthians 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?

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  42. 1 Corinthians 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

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  43. 1 Corinthians 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

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  44. 1 Corinthians 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.

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  45. 1 Corinthians 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—

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  46. 1 Corinthians 10:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

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  47. 1 Corinthians 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!

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  48. 1 Corinthians 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

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  49. 1 Corinthians 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

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  50. 1 Corinthians 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

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