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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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Lamentations 2:20
¶ Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:20 · retained source text

¶ Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this: shal the women eat their fruit, and children of a spanne long? shall the priest and the prophet be slaine in the Sanctuary of the LORD?

1611 marginal noteOr, swadled with their hands.

Ezekiel 2:8
But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 2:8 · retained source text

But thou, sonne of man, heare what I say vnto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth and eate that I giue thee.

1611 marginal noteReu.10.9.

Ezekiel 3:1
MOREOVER he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer he said vnto me, Sonne of man, eate that thou findest: eate this roule, and goe, speake vnto the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 3:3
And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 3:3 · retained source text

And he said vuto mee; Sonne of man, cause thy belly to eate, and fill thy bowels with this roule that I giue thee. Then did I eate it, and it was in my mouth as honie for sweetnesse.

1611 marginal noteReu. 10.9.

Ezekiel 4:9
¶ Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:9 · retained source text

¶ Take thou also vnto thee wheat, and barley, and beanes, and lentils, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessell, and make thee bread thereof according to the number of the dayes that thou shalt lie vpon thy side; three hundreth and ninetie dayes shalt thou eate thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, spelt.

Ezekiel 4:10
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:10 · retained source text

And thy meate which thou shalt eat, shalbe by weight twentie shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

Ezekiel 4:12
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:12 · retained source text

And thou shalt eate it as barley cakes, & thou shalt bake it with doung that commeth out of man in their sight.

Ezekiel 4:13
And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:13 · retained source text

And the LORD said, Euen thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will driue them.

Ezekiel 4:16
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:16 · retained source text

Moreouer he said vnto me, Sonne of man, behold, I wil breake the staffe of bread in Ierusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care, and they shal drinke water by measure, and with astonishment:

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.26. chap 5.16. and 13.13.

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