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Lexicon :: Strong's G1035 - brōsis

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βρῶσις
Transliteration
brōsis (Key)
Pronunciation
bro'-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of βιβρώσκω (G977)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:642,111

Strong’s Definitions

βρῶσις brōsis, bro'-sis; from the base of G977; (abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively):—eating, food, meat.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G1035 in the following manner: meat (6x), rust (2x), morsel of meat (1x), eating (1x), food (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G1035 in the following manner: meat (6x), rust (2x), morsel of meat (1x), eating (1x), food (1x).

  1. act of eating

    1. in a wider sense, corrosion

  2. that which is eaten, food, aliment

    1. of the soul's food, either which refreshes the soul, or nourishes and supports it

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βρῶσις brōsis, bro'-sis; from the base of G977; (abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively):—eating, food, meat.
STRONGS G1035:
βρῶσις, -εως, ἡ, (βρόω, βιβρώσκω);
1. the act of eating (Tertullian esus): βρῶσις κ. πόσις, Romans 14:17 (on which see βασιλεία, 3); with the genitive of the object 1 Corinthians 8:4 (Plato, de rep. 10, p. 619 c. παίδων αὐτοῦ); in a wider sense, corrosion: Matthew 6:19f.
2. as almost everywhere in Greek writings that which is eaten, food, aliment: Hebrews 12:16; εἰς βρῶσιν for food, 2 Corinthians 9:10 (Wis. 4:5); βρῶσις καὶ [so WH text Tr marginal reading; others ἢ] πόσις, Colossians 2:16 (Homer, Odyssey 1, 191; Plato, legg. 6, 783 c.; Xenophon, mem. 1, 3, 15; [cf. Fritzsche on Romans iii., p. 200 note; per contra Meyer or Ellicott on Colossians, the passage cited]), used of the soups aliment — either that which refreshes it, John 4:32, or nourishes and supports it unto life eternal, John 6:27, 55.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
6:19
John
4:32; 6:27; 6:55
Romans
14:17
1 Corinthians
8:4
2 Corinthians
9:10
Colossians
2:16
Hebrews
12:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1035 matches the Greek βρῶσις (brōsis),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:19 - “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust[fn] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:20 - but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:32 - But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:27 - Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:55

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:55 - For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:17 - For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:4 - Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:10 - He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:16 - Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:16 - that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.
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