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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
Offensive to eat or drink outside of certain limits (
Gen. 43:32
32
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. (Genesis 43:32)
;
Matt. 9:11
11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? (Matthew 9:11)
;
John 4:9
9
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. (John 4:9)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Besides the common use of this word, it is employed symbolically for to “consume, destroy:” they “eat up my people as they eat
bread
” (
Psa. 14:4
4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the Lord. (Psalm 14:4)
; compare
Prov. 30:14
14
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. (Proverbs 30:14)
;
Hab. 3:14
14
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. (Habakkuk 3:14)
;
2 Tim. 2:17
17
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus; (2 Timothy 2:17)
). Also for receiving, digesting, and delighting in
God
’s words: “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the
joy
and rejoicing of mine
heart
: for I am called by thy name, O
Lord
God of hosts” (
Jer. 15:16
16
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. (Jeremiah 15:16)
). To eat together of the same bread or food is a token of friendship (
Josh. 11:14
14
And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. (Joshua 11:14)
;
Psa. 41:9
9
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. (Psalm 41:9)
;
Song of Sol. 5:1
1
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. (Song of Solomon 5:1)
;
John 13:18
18
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. (John 13:18)
): and such an expression of intimacy is forbidden towards those walking disorderly (
1 Cor. 5:11
11
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. (1 Corinthians 5:11)
). It is used to express the satisfaction of doing the work that is before the
soul
: the Lord said, “I have
meat
to eat that ye know not of” (
John 4:32
32
But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. (John 4:32)
). Also to express appropriation to the eater of the
death
of Christ: “except ye eat the
flesh
of
the
Son
of
Man
, and drink His
blood
, ye have no
life
in you” (
John 6:53
53
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. (John 6:53)
). (In
John 6:51,53
51
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. (John 6:51)
53
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. (John 6:53)
there is eating for reception, φάγω; and in
John 6:54,56-57
54
Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:54)
56
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
57
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. (John 6:56‑57)
, eating as a present thing for the maintenance of life, τρώγω.) In the Lord’s
Supper
the
Christian
eats that which is a symbol of the body of Christ (
Matt. 26:26
26
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. (Matthew 26:26)
), and in eating he has
communion
with Christ’s death (
1 Cor. 10:16
16
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? (1 Corinthians 10:16)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Number:
5176
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Greek:
τρώγω
Transliteration:
trogo
Phonic:
tro’-go
Meaning:
probably strengthened from a collateral form of the base of
5134
and
5147
through the idea of corrosion or wear; or perhaps rather of a base of
5167
and
5149
through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat
KJV Usage:
eat
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