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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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Numbers 18:10
In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:10 · retained source text

In the most holy place shalt thou eate it, euery male shall eate it: it shall be holy vnto thee.

Numbers 18:11
And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 18:11 · retained source text

And this is thine: the heaue offering of their gift, with all the waue offrings of the children of Israel: I haue giuen them vnto thee, & to thy sonnes, and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for euer: euery one that is cleane in thy house, shall eate of it.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 10.14.

Numbers 18:13
And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:13 · retained source text

And whatsoeuer is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring vnto the LORD, shall be thine, euery one that is cleane in thine house, shall eat of it.

Numbers 18:31
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 18:31 · retained source text

And ye shall eate it in euery place, ye and your housholds: for it is your reward for your seruice, in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

Numbers 23:24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 23:24 · retained source text

Beholde, the people shall rise vp as a great Lion, and lift vp himselfe as a yong Lion: hee shall not lie downe vntill he eate of the pray, and drinke the blood of the slaine.

Numbers 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 24:8 · retained source text

God brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the strength of an Unicorne: he shall eate vp the nations his enemies, and shall breake their bones, and pierce them thorow with his arrowes.

1611 marginal noteChap. 23.22.

Numbers 25:2
And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 25:2 · retained source text

And they called the people vnto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eate, and bowed downe to their gods.

Deuteronomy 2:6
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:6 · retained source text

Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat, and yee shall also buy water of them for money, that yee may drinke.

Deuteronomy 2:28
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:28 · retained source text

Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eate, and giue me water for money that I may drinke: Only I will passe through on my feet:

Deuteronomy 4:28
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:28 · retained source text

And there ye shall serue gods, the worke of mens hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor heare, nor eate, nor smell.

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