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Lexicon :: Strong's G2068 - esthiō

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ἐσθίω
Transliteration
esthiō (Key)
Pronunciation
es-thee'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Strengthened for a primary edo (to eat); used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by φάγω (G5315)
mGNT
158x in 33 unique form(s)
TR
65x in 16 unique form(s)
LXX
591x in 59 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:689,262

Strong’s Definitions

ἐσθίω esthíō, es-thee'-o; strengthened for a primary ἔδω édō (to eat); used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literal):—devour, eat, live.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's G2068 in the following manner: eat (63x), live (1x), devour (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x
The KJV translates Strong's G2068 in the following manner: eat (63x), live (1x), devour (1x).
  1. to eat

  2. to eat (consume) a thing

    1. to take food, eat a meal

  3. metaph. to devour, consume

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐσθίω esthíō, es-thee'-o; strengthened for a primary ἔδω édō (to eat); used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315; to eat (usually literal):—devour, eat, live.
STRONGS G2068:
ἐσθίω and ἔσθω, which see (lengthened forms of ἔδω (cf. Curtius, Das Verbum, ii., p. 429)); imperfect ἤσθιον; 2 aorist ἔφαγον (from ΦΑΓΩ); future φάγομαι (2 person φάγεσαι, Luke 17:8 (references under the word κατακαυχάομαι, at the beginning)), for the classic ἔδομαι, see Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii, p. 185; Kühner, i., p. 824; (Winers Grammar, 89 (85); Buttmann, 58 (51); but especially Veitch, under the word); the Sept. for אָכַל; (from Homer down); to eat; Vulg.manduco, (edo, etc.); (of animals, to devour);
a. absolutely: Matthew 14:20; Matthew 15:37, 38; Matthew 26:26; Mark 6:31; Mark 8:8; John 4:31, and often; ἐν τῷ φαγεῖν, in eating (the supper), 1 Corinthians 11:21; διδόναι τίνι φαγεῖν, to give one (something) to eat, Matthew 14:16; Matthew 25:35, 42; Mark 5:43; Mark 6:37; Luke 9:13 (and with addition of an accusative of the thing to be eaten, John 6:31, 52; ἐκ τίνος, Revelation 2:7; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 198f (187f))); φέρειν τίνι φαγεῖν, to bring one (something) to eat, John 4:33; specifically in opposition to abstinence from certain kinds of food, Romans 14:3, 20; ἐσθίειν καί πίνειν (and φαγεῖν καί πιεῖν), to use food and drink to satisfy one's hunger and thirst, 1 Corinthians 11:22; contextually, to be supported at the expense of others, 1 Corinthians 9:4; not to shun choice food and in a word to be rather a free-liver, opposed to the narrow and scrupulous notions of those who abstain from the use of wine and certain kinds of food, Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:34; opposed to fasting (τό νηστεύειν), Luke 5:33; of those who, careless about other and especially graver matters, lead an easy, merry life, Luke 12:19; Luke 17:27; 1 Corinthians 15:32 (Isaiah 22:13); of the jovial use of a sacrificial feast, 1 Corinthians 10:7 from Exodus 32:6; preceded by a negative, to abstain from all nourishment, Acts 23:12, 21; to use a spare diet, spoken of an ascetic mode of life, Matthew 11:18; of fasting, Acts 9:9; ἐσθίειν (καί πίνειν) μετά τίνος, to dine, feast (in company) with one, Matthew 9:11; Mark 2:16; Luke 5:30; with one (he providing the entertainment), i. e. at his house, Luke 7:36; μετά τῶν μεθυόντων etc., of luxurious revelling, Matthew 24:49; Luke 12:45; ἐπί τραπέζης τοῦ Χριστοῦ, the food and drink spread out on Christ's table, i. e. to enjoy the blessings of the salvation procured by Christ (which is likened to a banquet), Luke 22:30; ἐσθίειν τίνι, to one's honor, Romans 14:6.
b. construed with an accusative of the thing, to eat (consume) a thing (Winer's Grammar, 198 (187) note): Matthew 6:25; Mark 1:6; John 4:32; John 6:31; Romans 14:2; 1 Corinthians 8:13; 1 Corinthians 10:25, etc.; ἄρτον, to take food, eat a meal (after the Hebrew לֶחֶם אָכַל, Genesis 43:25; Exodus 2:20; 1 Samuel 20:24; Proverbs 23:7), Matthew 15:2; Mark 3:20; Luke 14:1, 15; τόν ἑαυτοῦ ἄρτον, obtained by his own labor, 2 Thessalonians 3:12; ἄρτον παρά τίνος (the genitive of person) to be supported by one, 2 Thessalonians 3:8; τά παρά τίνος, the things supplied by one, Luke 10:7, equivalent to τά παρατιθέμενα in Luke 10:8 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 366 (343)); 1 Corinthians 10:27; μή ἐσθίων ἄρτον μήτε πίνων οἶνον, to live frugally, Luke 7:33; τό κυριακόν δεῖπνον φαγεῖν, to celebrate the Lord's supper, 1 Corinthians 11:20; τό πάσχα, to eat the paschal lamb, celebrate the paschal supper, Matthew 26:17; Mark 14:12, 14; Luke 22:8, 11, 15, 16 L T Tr WH; John 18:28; τάς θυσίας, to celebrate the sacrificial feasts, said of Jews, 1 Corinthians 10:18; of animals, in Luke 15:16 (where ὧν stands by attraction for , because ἐσθίειν with a simple genitive of thing is nowhere found in the N. T. (Winers Grammar, 198 (187) note)) by a usage hardly to be met with in classical Greek (Winers Grammar, § 28, 1; (Buttmann, 159 (139))), ἐκ τίνος, to (take and) eat of a thing: Luke 22:16 (R G); John 6:26, 50; 1 Corinthians 11:28; on the other hand, ἐκ τοῦ καρποῦ (L T Tr WH τόν καρπόν), ἐκ τοῦ γάλακτος ἐσθίειν, in 1 Corinthians 9:7, is to support oneself by the sale of the fruit and the milk (but cf. Buttmann, as above, and Meyer at the passage). ἐκ with the genitive of place: ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, draw their support from the temple, i. e. from the sacrifices and offerings, 1 Corinthians 9:13 (but T Tr WH read τά ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ); also ἐκ θυσιαστηρίου, i. e. from the things laid on the altar, Hebrews 13:10 (Winer's Grammar, 366 (344)). by a Hebraism (מִן אָכַל), ἀπό τίνος (cf. Winer's Grammar, 199 (187)): Matthew 15:27; Mark 7:28. Metaphorically, to devour, consume: τινα, Hebrews 10:27; τί, Revelation 17:16; of rust, James 5:3. (Compare: κατεσθίω, συνεσθίω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
43:25
Exodus
2:20; 32:6
1 Samuel
20:24
Proverbs
23:7
Isaiah
22:13
Matthew
6:25; 9:11; 11:18; 11:19; 14:16; 14:20; 15:2; 15:27; 15:37; 15:38; 24:49; 25:35; 25:42; 26:17; 26:26
Mark
1:6; 2:16; 3:20; 5:43; 6:31; 6:37; 7:28; 8:8; 14:12; 14:14
Luke
5:30; 5:33; 7:33; 7:34; 7:36; 9:13; 10:7; 10:8; 12:19; 12:45; 14:1; 14:15; 15:16; 17:8; 17:27; 22:8; 22:11; 22:15; 22:16; 22:16; 22:30
John
4:31; 4:32; 4:33; 6:26; 6:31; 6:31; 6:50; 6:52; 18:28
Acts
9:9; 23:12; 23:21
Romans
14:2; 14:3; 14:6; 14:20
1 Corinthians
8:13; 9:4; 9:7; 9:13; 10:7; 10:18; 10:25; 10:27; 11:20; 11:21; 11:22; 11:28; 15:32
2 Thessalonians
3:8; 3:12
Hebrews
10:27; 13:10
James
5:3
Revelation
2:7; 17:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2068 matches the Greek ἐσθίω (esthiō),
which occurs 591 times in 513 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 11 (Gen 2:16–Exo 12:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:16 -

And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:17 -

“but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 -

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 -

The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:3 -

“But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:5 -

“In fact, God knows that when[fn] you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6 -

The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:11 -

Then he asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:12 -

The man replied, “The woman you gave to be with me ​— ​she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 -

So the LORD God asked the woman, “What have you done? ”

And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 -

So the LORD God said to the serpent:

Because you have done this,

you are cursed more than any livestock

and more than any wild animal.

You will move on your belly

and eat dust all the days of your life.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 -

And he said to the man, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:

The ground is cursed because of you.

You will eat from it by means of painful labor[fn]

all the days of your life.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 -

“It will produce thorns and thistles for you,

and you will eat the plants of the field.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:19 -

“You will eat bread[fn] by the sweat of your brow

until you return to the ground,

since you were taken from it.

For you are dust,

and you will return to dust.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 -

The LORD God said, “Since the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:21 -

“Take with you every kind of food that is eaten; gather it as food for you and for them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:4 -

“However, you must not eat meat with its lifeblood in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:24 -

“I will take nothing except what the servants have eaten. But as for the share of the men who came with me ​— ​Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre ​— ​they can take their share.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:5 -

“I will bring a bit of bread so that you may strengthen yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. Later, you can continue on.”

“Yes,” they replied, “do as you have said.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 -

Then Abraham took curds[fn] and milk, as well as the calf that he had prepared, and set them before the men. He served[fn] them as they ate under the tree.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:3 -

But he urged them so strongly that they followed him and went into his house. He prepared a feast and baked unleavened bread for them, and they ate.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:33 -

A meal was set before him, but he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.”

So Laban said, “Please speak.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:54 -

Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night.

When they got up in the morning, he said, “Send me to my master.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:34 -

Then Jacob gave bread and lentil stew to Esau; he ate, drank, got up, and went away. So Esau despised his birthright.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:30 -

So he prepared a banquet for them, and they ate and drank.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:4 -

“Then make me a delicious meal that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I can bless you before I die.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:7 -

“‘Bring me game and make a delicious meal for me to eat so that I can bless you in the LORD’s presence before I die.’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:10 -

“Then take it to your father to eat so that he may bless you before he dies.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 -

Jacob replied to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may bless me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:25 -

Then he said, “Bring it closer to me, and let me eat some of my son’s game so that I can bless you.” Jacob brought it closer to him, and he ate; he brought him wine, and he drank.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 -

He had also made some delicious food and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father get up and eat some of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:33 -

Isaac began to tremble uncontrollably. “Who was it then,” he said, “who hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it all before you came in, and I blessed him. Indeed, he will be blessed! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:20 -

Then Jacob made a vow: “If God will be with me and watch over me during this journey I’m making, if he provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:46 -

Then Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” And they took stones and made a mound, then ate there by the mound.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:54 -

Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. So they ate a meal and spent the night on the mountain.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:32 -

That is why, still today, the Israelites don’t eat the thigh muscle that is at the hip socket: because he struck Jacob’s hip socket at the thigh muscle.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:25 -

They sat down to eat a meal, and when they looked up, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6 -

He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority;[fn] he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.

Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 -

“In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:19 -

“In just three days Pharaoh will lift up your head ​— ​from off you ​— ​and hang you on a tree.[fn] Then the birds will eat the flesh from your body.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16 -

When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his steward, “Take the men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they will eat with me at noon.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:18 -

“Get your father and your families, and come back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you can eat from the richness of the land.’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:22 -

The only land he did not acquire belonged to the priests, for they had an allowance from Pharaoh. They ate from their allowance that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:27 -

“Benjamin is a wolf; he tears his prey.

In the morning he devours the prey,

and in the evening he divides the plunder.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:20 -

“So where is he? ” he asked his daughters. “Why then did you leave the man behind? Invite him to eat dinner.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:7 -

“They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat them.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:8 -

“They are to eat the meat that night; they should eat it, roasted over the fire along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 -

“Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling[fn] water, but only roasted over fire ​— ​its head as well as its legs and inner organs.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:11 -

“Here is how you must eat it: You must be dressed for travel,[fn] your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the LORD’s Passover.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:15 -

“You must eat unleavened bread for seven days. On the first day you must remove yeast from your houses. Whoever eats what is leavened from the first day through the seventh day must be cut off from Israel.


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