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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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Hosea 11:4
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 11:4 · retained source text

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of loue, and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their iawes, and I laid meat vnto them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lift vp.

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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.