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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:16

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Isaiah 1:19
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:19 · retained source text

If yee be willing and obedient, yee shall eate the good of the land.

Isaiah 3:10
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 3:10 · retained source text

Say yee to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eate the fruit of their doings.

Isaiah 4:1
AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 4:1 · retained source text

¶ And in that day seuen women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eate our owne bread, & weare our owne apparell: onely let vs be called by thy name, to take away our reproch.

1611 marginal noteHeb. let thy name be called vpon vs.

1611 marginal noteOr, take thou away.

Isaiah 5:17
Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:17 · retained source text

Then shall the lambes feed after their maner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eate.

Isaiah 7:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:15 · retained source text

Butter and hony shall he eat, that hee may know to refuse the euill, and choose the good.

Isaiah 7:22
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:22 · retained source text

And it shall come to passe, for the abundance of milke that they shall giue, he shal eate butter: for butter and hony shall euery one eate, that is left in the land.

1611 marginal noteHebr. in the midst of the land.

Isaiah 9:20
And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 9:20 · retained source text

And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry, and he shall eate on the left hand, and they shall not bee satisfied: they shall eate euery man the flesh of his owne arme.

1611 marginal noteHeb. cut.

Isaiah 11:7
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 11:7 · retained source text

And the cow and the beare shall feed, their yong ones shall lie downe together: and the lyon shall eate straw like the oxe.

Isaiah 22:13
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 22:13 · retained source text

And behold ioy and gladnesse, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine; let vs eate and drinke, for to morrow we shall die.

1611 marginal noteChap. 56.12. wisd. 2.6. 1.cor.15.32.

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