G2068: ἐσθίω
esthíō · “to eat”
Definition
used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315 (φάγω); to eat (usually literal)
KJV translates it as: devour, eat, live
Word origin: strengthened for a primary (to eat);
Extended definition
[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) .
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2068 is translated
- eating ×15
- eat ×5
- do eat ×4
- he eats ×3
- were eating ×3
- to eat. ×2
- they may eat. ×2
- when were eating ×2
- to eat ×2
- they were eating, ×2
- eats ×1
- he may eat ×1
Bible verses with G2068 (esthíō)
Esthíō appears in 55 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Matthew 9:11
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Matthew 11:18
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
- Matthew 11:19
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
- Matthew 12:1
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
- Matthew 14:21
And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
- Matthew 15:2
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
- Matthew 15:27
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
- Matthew 15:38
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
- Matthew 24:49
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
- Matthew 26:21
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
- Matthew 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.
- Mark 1:6
And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
- Mark 2:16
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
- Mark 7:2
And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
- Mark 7:3
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
- Mark 7:4
And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
- Mark 7:5
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
- Mark 7:28
And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
- Mark 14:18
And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
- Mark 14:22
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
- Luke 5:30
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
- Luke 5:33
And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
- Luke 6:1
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
- Luke 7:33
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
- Luke 7:34
The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
All 55 references
- Luke 10:7
- Luke 10:8
- Luke 12:45
- Luke 15:16
- Luke 17:27
- Luke 17:28
- Luke 22:30
- Acts 27:35
- Romans 14:2
- Romans 14:3
- Romans 14:6
- Romans 14:20
- 1 Corinthians 8:7
- 1 Corinthians 8:10
- 1 Corinthians 9:7
- 1 Corinthians 9:13
- 1 Corinthians 10:18
- 1 Corinthians 10:25
- 1 Corinthians 10:27
- 1 Corinthians 10:28
- 1 Corinthians 10:31
- 1 Corinthians 11:22
- 1 Corinthians 11:26
- 1 Corinthians 11:27
- 1 Corinthians 11:28
- 1 Corinthians 11:29
- 1 Corinthians 11:34
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12
- Hebrews 10:27