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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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Matthew 14:20
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 14:20 · retained source text

And they did all eat, & were filled: and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained twelue baskets full.

Matthew 15:2
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 15:2 · retained source text

Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their handes when they eat bread.

Matthew 15:20
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 15:20 · retained source text

These are the things which defile a man: But to eate with vnwashen hands, defileth not a man.

Matthew 15:27
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 15:27 · retained source text

And she said, Trueth Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crummes which fall from their masters table.

Matthew 15:32
¶ Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 15:32 · retained source text

¶ Then Iesus called his disciples vnto him, and said, I haue compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three dayes, and haue nothing to eate: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

1611 marginal noteMark. 8.1.

Matthew 15:37
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 15:37 · retained source text

And they did all eate, and were filled: and they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets full.

Matthew 15:38
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 15:38 · retained source text

And they that did eat, were foure thousand men, beside women and children.

Matthew 24:49
And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 24:49 · retained source text

And shall begin to smite his fellow seruants, and to eate and drinke with the drunken:

Matthew 26:17
¶ Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 26:17 · retained source text

¶ Now the first day of the feast of vnleauened bread, the disciples came to Iesus, saying vnto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passeouer?

1611 marginal noteMar. 14.12. luke 22.7.

Matthew 26:21
And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 26:21 · retained source text

And as they did eate, he said, Uerely I say vnto you, that one of you shal betray me.

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