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phagein G5315

φαγεῖν (phagein) means “to eat” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

φαγεῖν Greek · G5315 93 tagged occurrences in 86 verses

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

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G5315

φαγεῖν · phagein · to eat

φάγομαιHellenistic for cl. ἔδομαι, see: ἐσθίω. 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); used only in fut. and 2nd aor. tenses.

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How translators render G5315

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
to eat 26
eat 8
ate 6
something to eat 5
you eat 3
you will eat 3
i may eat 2
may eat 2
they all ate 2
and ate 1
and ate it 1
and eat 1
consume 1
did we eat 1
eat something 1
eating 1
eats 1
food 1
had eaten 1
he and his companions ate 1
he ate 1
he did not eat 1
he eats 1
i eat 1
i had eaten 1
i have never eaten 1
i will never eat 1
i will not eat 1
let us eat 1
let us feast 1
shall we eat 1
so they would eat 1
the people ate 1
the people had eaten 1
they will eat 1
to food 1
we ate 1
we do 1
we do not eat 1
who ate the manna 1
will eat at the feast 1
you ate 1
you may eat 1
you to eat 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
to eat 27
eat 20
did eat 7
meat 3
shall eat 3
they did 3
they did eat 3
ye shall eat 3
i shall eat 2
let us eat 2
may eat 2
we eat 2
and did eat 1
did 1
did we eat 1
eaten 1
eating 1
he did eat 1
he eat 1
he would eat 1
i had eaten 1
i have 1
i have eaten 1
i will eat 1
shall we eat 1
shalt eat 1
so much as to eat 1
that he may eat 1
they might eat 1
they that had eaten 1
they will 1
they would 1
thou mayest eat 1
we have eaten 1
we may eat 1
ye did eat 1
ye may eat 1

Verses containing G5315

Page 2 of 2. 86 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. John 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

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  2. John 6:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

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  3. John 6:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

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  4. John 6:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

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  5. John 6:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

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  6. John 6:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

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  7. John 6:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

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  8. John 6:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  9. John 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

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  10. Acts 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.

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  11. Acts 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

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  12. Acts 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

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  13. Acts 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

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  14. Acts 23:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

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  15. Acts 23:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

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  16. 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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  17. Romans 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

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  18. Romans 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

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  19. 1 Corinthians 8:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

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  20. 1 Corinthians 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

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  21. 1 Corinthians 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Have we no right to food and to drink?

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  22. 1 Corinthians 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They all ate the same spiritual food

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  23. 1 Corinthians 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

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  24. 1 Corinthians 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

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  25. 1 Corinthians 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

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  26. 1 Corinthians 11:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

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  27. 1 Corinthians 15:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

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  28. 2 Thessalonians 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

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  29. Hebrews 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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  30. James 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

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  31. Revelation 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

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  32. Revelation 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

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  33. Revelation 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

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  34. Revelation 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.

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  35. Revelation 17:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

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  36. Revelation 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”

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