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meat

Meaning of “meat”

Sense 1: Food, nourishment, sustenance, or provision. Sense 2: Figuratively, that which nourishes or sustains.

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290 occurrences274 verses38 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 1:29

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Genesis 1:29
¶ And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:29 · retained source text

¶ And God said, Behold, I haue giuen you euery herbe bearing seede, which is vpon the face of all the earth, and euery tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yeelding seed, to you it shall be for meat:

1611 marginal noteHebr. feeding seed.

1611 marginal noteChap. 9.3.

Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 1:30 · retained source text

And to euery beast of the earth, and to euery foule of the aire, and to euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth, wherein there is life, I haue giuen euery greene herbe for meat: and it was so.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a liuing soule.

Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 9:3 · retained source text

Euery mouing thing that liueth, shalbe meat for you; euen as the greene herbe haue I giuen you all things.

1611 marginal noteChap. 1.29.

Genesis 24:33
And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 24:33 · retained source text

And there was set meat before him to eate: but he said, I will not eate, vntill I haue tolde mine errand. And hee said, Speake on.

Genesis 27:4
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 27:4 · retained source text

And make me sauoury meat, such as I loue, and bring it to mee, that I may eate, that my soule may blesse thee before I die.

Genesis 27:7
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 27:7 · retained source text

Bring me venison, and make mee sauoury meat, that I may eate, and blesse thee before the LORD, before my death.

Genesis 27:9
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 27:9 · retained source text

Goe now to the flocke, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goates, and I will make them sauoury meat for thy father, such as he loueth.

Genesis 27:14
And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 27:14 · retained source text

And hee went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother, and his mother made sauoury meat, such as his father loued.

Genesis 27:17
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 27:17 · retained source text

And she gaue the sauoury meate, and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her sonne Iacob.

Genesis 27:31
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 27:31 · retained source text

And hee also had made sauoury meate, and brought it vnto his father, and said vnto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his sonnes venison, that thy soule may blesse me.

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John 4:34

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.