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eat

Meaning of “eat”

To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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655 occurrences583 verses49 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:16

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Genesis 2:16
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 2:16 · retained source text

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of euery tree of the garden thou mayest freely eate.

1611 marginal noteHebr. eating thou shalt eate.

Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 2:17 · retained source text

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.

1611 marginal noteHebr. dying thou shalt die.

Genesis 3:1
NOW the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Now the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the field, which the LORD God had made, and he said vnto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of euery tree of the garden?

1611 marginal noteHeb. Yea, because, &c.

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 3:2 · retained source text

And the woman said vnto the serpent, Wee may eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden:

Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 3:3 · retained source text

But of the fruit of the tree, which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shal not eate of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Genesis 3:5
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 3:5 · retained source text

For God doeth know, that in the day ye eate thereof, then your eyes shalbee opened: and yee shall bee as Gods, knowing good and euill.

Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 3:6 · retained source text

And the woman saw, that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she tooke of the fruit thereof, and did eate, and gaue also vnto her husband with her, and hee did eate.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a desire.

1611 marginal noteEcclus. 25.26. 1.tim. 2.14.

Genesis 3:11
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 3:11 · retained source text

And he said, Who told thee, that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldest not eate?

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 3:12 · retained source text

And the man said, The woman whom thou gauest to be with mee, shee gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.

Genesis 3:13
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 3:13 · retained source text

And the LORD God said vnto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The Serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.

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