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eateth

Meaning of “eateth”

Third-person singular present form of eat, meaning to take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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First occurrence: Exodus 12:15

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Proverbs 30:20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 30:20 · retained source text

Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I haue done no wickednesse.

Proverbs 31:27
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 31:27 · retained source text

She looketh well to the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of idlenesse.

Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 4:5 · retained source text

The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth his owne flesh.

1611 marginal noteProu.6.10 and 24.33.

Ecclesiastes 6:2
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 6:2 · retained source text

A man to whom God hath giuen riches, wealth and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that he desireth, yet God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a stranger eateth it: Th is is vanitie, and it is an euill disease.

Isaiah 28:4
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 28:4 · retained source text

And the glorious beautie which is on the head of the fat valley, shall bee a fading flowre, and as the hastie fruite before the summer: which when he that looketh vpon it, seeth it, while it is yet in his hand, he eateth it vp.

1611 marginal noteHeb. swalloweth.

Isaiah 29:8
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 29:8 · retained source text

It shall euen be as when a hungry man dreameth, and behold he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soule is emptie: or as when a thirstie man dreameth, and behold he drinketh; but hee awaketh, and behold he is faint, and his soule hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations bee, that fight against mount Zion.

Isaiah 44:16
He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
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1611 witness · Isaiah 44:16 · retained source text

He burneth part thereof in the fire: with part thereof he eateth flesh: he rosteth rost, and is satisfied: yea hee warmeth himselfe, and saith; Aha, I am warme, I haue seene the fire.

Isaiah 59:5
They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 59:5 · retained source text

They hatch cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders web: he that eateth of their egges dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

1611 marginal noteOr, adders.

1611 marginal noteOr, that which is sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper.

Jeremiah 31:30
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:30 · retained source text

But euery one shall die for his owne iniquitie, euery man that eateth the sowre grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

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