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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 29 times in 25 verses in '1Sa' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:7 -

Year after year, when she went up to the LORD’s house, her rival taunted her in this way. Hannah would weep and would not eat.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:8 -

“Hannah, why are you crying? ” her husband, Elkanah, would ask. “Why won’t you eat? Why are you troubled? Am I not better to you than ten sons? ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:9 -

On one occasion, Hannah got up after they ate and drank at Shiloh.[fn] The priest Eli was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the LORD’s temple.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 -

“May your servant find favor with you,” she replied. Then Hannah went on her way; she ate and no longer looked despondent.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:36 -

“Anyone who is left in your family will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread. He will say: Please appoint me to some priestly office so I can have a piece of bread to eat.’ ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:13 -

“As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes to the high place to eat. The people won’t eat until he comes because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests can eat. Go up immediately ​— ​you can find him now.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:19 -

“I am the seer,” Samuel answered.[fn] “Go up ahead of me to the high place and eat with me today. When I send you off in the morning, I’ll tell you everything that’s in your heart.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:24 -

The cook picked up the thigh and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Notice that the reserved piece is set before you. Eat it because it was saved for you for this solemn event at the time I said, ‘I’ve invited the people.’ ” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 -

and the men of Israel were worn out that day, for Saul had[fn] placed the troops under an oath: “The man who eats food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies is cursed.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 -

Then one of the troops said, “Your father made the troops solemnly swear, ‘The man who eats food today is cursed,’ and the troops are exhausted.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 -

“How much better if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Then the slaughter of the Philistines would have been much greater.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:32 -

they rushed to the plunder, took sheep, goats, cattle, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and ate meat with the blood still in it.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:33 -

Some reported to Saul, “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.”

Saul said, “You have been unfaithful. Roll a large stone over here at once.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:34 -

He then said, “Go among the troops and say to them, ‘Let each man bring me his ox or his sheep. Do the slaughtering here and then you can eat. Don’t sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood in it.’ ” So every one of the troops brought his ox that night and slaughtered it there.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:5 -

So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I’m supposed to sit down and eat with the king. Instead, let me go, and I’ll hide in the countryside for the next two nights.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:24 -

So David hid in the countryside.

At the New Moon, the king sat down to eat the meal.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:34 -

He got up from the table fiercely angry and did not eat any food that second day of the New Moon, for he was grieved because of his father’s shameful behavior toward David.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:4 -

The priest told him, “There is no ordinary bread on hand. However, there is consecrated bread, but the young men may eat it[fn] only if they have kept themselves from women.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:20 -

Immediately, Saul fell flat on the ground. He was terrified by Samuel’s words and was also weak because he had not eaten anything all day and all night.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 -

“Now please listen to your servant. Let me set some food in front of you. Eat and it will give you strength so you can go on your way.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:23 -

He refused, saying, “I won’t eat,” but when his servants and the woman urged him, he listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:25 -

She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Afterward, they got up and left that night.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:11 -

David’s men found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. They gave him some bread to eat and water to drink.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:12 -

Then they gave him some pressed figs and two clusters of raisins. After he ate he revived, for he hadn’t eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:16 -

So he led him, and there were the Amalekites, spread out over the entire area, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

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