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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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John 4:8
(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 4:8 · retained source text

For his disciples were gone away vnto the city to buy meate.

John 4:32
But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 4:32 · retained source text

But hee said vnto them, I haue meate to eate that ye know not of.

John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 4:34 · retained source text

Iesus saith vnto them, My meat is, to doe the will of him that sent mee, and to finish his worke.

John 6:27
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 6:27 · retained source text

Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shall giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

1611 marginal noteOr, worke not.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 3.17.

John 6:55
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 6:55 · retained source text

For my flesh is meate indeed, and my blood is drinke indeed.

John 21:5
Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · John 21:5 · retained source text

Then Iesus saith vnto them, Children, haue ye any meat? They answered him, No.

1611 marginal noteOr, Sirs.

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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.