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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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Deuteronomy 12:21
If the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:21 · retained source text

If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his Name there, be too farre from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flocke, which the LORD hath giuen thee, as I haue commaunded thee, and thou shalt eate in thy gates, whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after.

Deuteronomy 12:22
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:22 · retained source text

Euen as the Roe bucke and the Hart is eaten, so thou shalt eate them: the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of them alike.

Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:23 · retained source text

Onely be sure that thou eate not the blood: for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eate the life with the flesh.

1611 marginal noteHeb. bee strong.

Deuteronomy 12:25
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:25 · retained source text

Thou shalt not eate it, that it may goe well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt doe that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:27
And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 12:27 · retained source text

And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, vpon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be powred out vpon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.

Deuteronomy 14:4
These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:4 · retained source text

These are the beasts which yee shall eate: the oxe, the sheepe, and the goat,

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 11.2.

Deuteronomy 14:6
And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:6 · retained source text

And euery beast that parteth the hoofe, and cleaueth the clift into two clawes, and cheweth the cud amongst the beasts: that ye shall eate.

Deuteronomy 14:7
Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:7 · retained source text

Neuerthelesse these yee shall not eate, of them that chew the cud, or of them that diuide the clouen hoofe, as the camel, and the hare, and the cony: for they chew the cudde, but diuide not the hoofe, therefore they are vncleane vnto you.

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