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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 1:29

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Deuteronomy 2:6
Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:6 · retained source text

Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat, and yee shall also buy water of them for money, that yee may drinke.

Deuteronomy 2:28
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 2:28 · retained source text

Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eate, and giue me water for money that I may drinke: Only I will passe through on my feet:

Deuteronomy 20:20
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 20:20 · retained source text

Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meate, thou shalt destroy, and cut them downe, and thou shalt build bulwarkes against the city that maketh warre with thee, vntil it be subdued.

1611 marginal noteHebr. it come downe.

Deuteronomy 28:26
And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:26 · retained source text

And thy carkeise shalbe meat vnto all foules of the aire, and vnto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

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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.