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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 34:19
And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 34:19 · retained source text

And as for my flocke, they eate that which yee haue troden with your feete: and they drinke that which yee haue fouled with your feete.

Ezekiel 39:17
¶ And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord God; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:17 · retained source text

¶ And thou sonne of man, Thus saith the LORD God, Speake vnto euery feathered foule, and to euery beast of the field, Assemble your selues, and come, gather your selues on euery side to my sacrifice that I doe sacrifice for you, euen a great sacrifice vpon the mountaines of Israel, that ye may eat flesh and drinke blood.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to the foule of euery wing.

1611 marginal noteOr, slaughter.

Ezekiel 39:18
Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:18 · retained source text

Ye shall eate the flesh of the mightie, and drinke the blood of the princes of the earth, of rammes, of lambes and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.

1611 marginal noteHeb. great goats.

Ezekiel 39:19
And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:19 · retained source text

And yee shall eate fat till yee be full, and drinke blood till yee be drunken, of my sacrifice which I haue sacrificed for you.

Ezekiel 42:13
¶ Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 42:13 · retained source text

¶ Then sayd hee vnto mee, The North chambers, and the South chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where y e Priests that approach vnto the LORD shall eate the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, & the sinne offering, and the trespasse offring, for the place is holy.

Ezekiel 44:3
It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 44:3 · retained source text

It is for the Prince; the Prince, hee shall sit in it to eate bread before the LORD: hee shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall goe out by the way of the same.

Ezekiel 44:29
They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 44:29 · retained source text

They shal eate the meate offring, and the sinne offring, and the trespasse offring, and euery dedicate thing in Israel shall be theirs.

1611 marginal noteOr, deuoted.

Ezekiel 44:31
The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 44:31 · retained source text

The priests shall not eate of any thing that is dead of it selfe or torne, whether it be foule or beast.

1611 marginal noteExod.22.31. leuit.22 8.

Daniel 1:12
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 1:12 · retained source text

Proue thy seruants, I beseech thee, ten dayes, and let them giue pulse to eat, and water to drinke.

1611 marginal noteHebr. of pulse.

1611 marginal noteHebr. that we may eate, &c.

Daniel 1:13
Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 1:13 · retained source text

Then let our countenances be looked vpon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the Kings meate: and as thou seest, deale with thy seruants.

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