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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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Ezekiel 5:10
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 5:10 · retained source text

Therefore the fathers shall eate the sonnes in the midst of thee, and the sonnes shall eate their fathers, and I will execute iudgements in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the windes.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.29. deut.28.53. 2.kin.6.29. lamen. 4.10. baruch. 2.3.

Ezekiel 12:18
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 12:18 · retained source text

Sonne of man, eate thy bread with quaking, and drinke thy water with trembling and with carefulnesse,

Ezekiel 12:19
And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 12:19 · retained source text

And say vnto the people of the land; Thus sayth the LORD God, of the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulnes, and drinke their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of them that dwell therein.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the fulnesse thereof.

Ezekiel 16:13
Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:13 · retained source text

Thus wast thou decked with gold and siluer, and thy raiment was of fine linen & silke, and broidered worke, thou didst eate fine floure and honie and oyle, and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdome.

Ezekiel 22:9
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 22:9 · retained source text

In thee are men that carie tales to shead blood: and in thee they eate vpon the mountaines: in the middest of thee they commit lewdnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. men of slanders.

Ezekiel 24:17
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:17 · retained source text

Forbeare to crie, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head vpon thee, and put on thy shooes vpon thy feete, and couer not thy lips, and eate not the bread of men.

1611 marginal noteHeb. be silent.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpper lip. And so vers.22.

Ezekiel 24:22
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 24:22 · retained source text

And yee shall doe as I haue done: yee shall not couer your lips, nor eate the bread of men.

Ezekiel 25:4
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 25:4 · retained source text

Behold therefore, I will deliuer thee to the men of the East for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eate thy fruit, and they shall drinke thy milke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. children.

Ezekiel 33:25
Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 33:25 · retained source text

Wherefore say vnto them, Thus saith the LORD God, Ye eate with the blood, and lift vp your eyes toward your idoles, and shed blood; and shal ye possesse the land?

Ezekiel 34:3
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 34:3 · retained source text

Yee eate the fat, and ye clothe you with the wooll, yee kill them that are fed: but ye feede not the flocke.

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