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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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1 Corinthians 8:10
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 8:10 · retained source text

For if any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at meat in the idols temple: shall not the conscience of him which is weake, be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols?

1611 marginal noteGr. edified.

1 Corinthians 8:13
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 8:13 · retained source text

Wherefore if meate make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

1 Corinthians 9:4
Have we not power to eat and to drink?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 9:4 · retained source text

Haue wee not power to eate and to drinke?

1 Corinthians 10:7
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 10:7 · retained source text

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them, as it is written, The people sate downe to eate and drinke, and rose vp to play.

1611 marginal noteExod. 32.6. psal. 106.14.

1 Corinthians 10:27
If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 10:27 · retained source text

If any of them that beleeue not, bid you to a feast, and yee be disposed to goe, whatsoeuer is set before you, eate, asking no question for conscience sake.

1 Corinthians 10:28
But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 10:28 · retained source text

But if any man say vnto you, This is offered in sacrifice vnto idoles, eate not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake. The earth is the Lords, and the fulnesse thereof.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 10.14. psal. 24.1.

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