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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 14:8
And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:8 · retained source text

And the swine, because it diuideth the hoofe, yet cheweth not the cud, it is vncleane vnto you: ye shall not eate of their flesh, nor touch their dead carkeise.

Deuteronomy 14:9
¶ These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:9 · retained source text

¶ These yee shall eate of all that are in the waters: all that haue finnes and scales shall ye eate:

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 11.9.

Deuteronomy 14:10
And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:10 · retained source text

And whatsoeuer hath not sinnes and scales, ye may not eat: it is vncleane vnto you.

Deuteronomy 14:12
But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:12 · retained source text

But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the Eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,

Deuteronomy 14:21
¶ Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:21 · retained source text

¶ Ye shall not eate of any thing that dieth of it selfe: thou shalt giue it vnto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eate it, or thou mayest sell it vnto an alien: for thou art an holy people vnto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kidde in his mothers milke.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.19. and 34.26.

Deuteronomy 14:23
And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:23 · retained source text

And thou shalt eate before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall chuse to place his Name there, the tithe of thy corne, of thy wine, and of thine oyle, and the firstlings of thy herdes, and of thy flockes: that thou mayest learne to feare the LORD thy God alwayes.

Deuteronomy 14:26
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:26 · retained source text

And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheepe, or for wine, or for strong drinke, or for whatsoeuer thy soule desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt reioyce, thou and thine houshold.

1611 marginal noteHeb. asketh of thee.

Deuteronomy 14:29
And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 14:29 · retained source text

And the Leuite, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherlesse, and the widowe which are within thy gates, shall come and shal eate, and be satisfied, that the LORD thy God may blesse thee, in all the worke of thine hande which thou doest.

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