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eat

Meaning of “eat”

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

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:16

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2 Timothy 2:17
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;
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1611 witness · 2 Timothy 2:17 · retained source text

And their word will eate as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus.

1611 marginal noteOr, gangrene.

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