KJV dictionary & concordance

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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Joshua 22:29

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God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn this day from following the Lord, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the Lord our God that is before his tabernacle.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Joshua 22:29 · retained source text

God forbid that we should rebell against the LORD, and turne this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meate offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the Altar of the LORD our God that is before his Tabernacle.

Judges 1:7

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And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Judges 1:7 · retained source text

And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore & ten kings, hauing their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meate vnder my table: as I haue done, so God hath requited mee, and they brought him to Ierusalem, and there he died.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the thumbes of their hands and of their feete.

1611 marginal noteOr, gleaned

Judges 13:19

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So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

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1611 witness · Judges 13:19 · retained source text

So Manoah tooke a kid, with a meat offering, and offered it vpon a rocke vnto the LORD: and the Angel did wonderously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.

Judges 13:23

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But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.

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1611 witness · Judges 13:23 · retained source text

But his wife said vnto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill vs, he would not haue receiued a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would hee haue shewed vs all these things, nor would as at this time haue told vs such things as these.

Judges 14:14

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And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

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1611 witness · Judges 14:14 · retained source text

And hee said vnto them, Out of the eater came foorth meate, aud out of the strong came foorth sweetnesse. And they could not in three dayes expound the riddle.

1 Samuel 20:5

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And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 20:5 · retained source text

And Dauid said vnto Ionathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moone, and I should not faile to sit with the king at meate: but let me goe, that I may hide my selfe in the fields vnto the third day at euen.

1 Samuel 20:24

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¶ So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 20:24 · retained source text

¶ So Dauid hid himselfe in the field: and when the newe moone was come, the king sate him downe to eate meate.

1 Samuel 20:27

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And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 20:27 · retained source text

And it came to passe on the morrow which was the second day of the moneth, that Dauids place was emptie: and Saul said vnto Ionathan his sonne, Wherefore commeth not the sonne of Iesse to meat, neither yesterday nor to day?

1 Samuel 20:34

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So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 20:34 · retained source text

So Ionathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eate no meat the second day of the moneth: for hee was grieued for Dauid, because his father had done him shame.

2 Samuel 3:35

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And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 2 Samuel 3:35 · retained source text

And when all the people came to cause Dauid to eate meate while it was yet day, Dauid sware, saying, So doe God to mee, and more also, if I taste bread or ought else, till the Sunne be downe.

Complete reference index — all 274 verses

Genesis 1:29 Genesis 1:30 Genesis 9:3 Genesis 24:33 Genesis 27:4 Genesis 27:7 Genesis 27:9 Genesis 27:14 Genesis 27:17 Genesis 27:31 Genesis 45:23 Exodus 29:41 Exodus 30:9 Exodus 40:29 Leviticus 2:1 Leviticus 2:3 Leviticus 2:4 Leviticus 2:5 Leviticus 2:6 Leviticus 2:7 Leviticus 2:8 Leviticus 2:9 Leviticus 2:10 Leviticus 2:11 Leviticus 2:13 Leviticus 2:14 Leviticus 2:15 Leviticus 5:13 Leviticus 6:14 Leviticus 6:15 Leviticus 6:20 Leviticus 6:21 Leviticus 6:23 Leviticus 7:9 Leviticus 7:10 Leviticus 7:37 Leviticus 9:4 Leviticus 9:17 Leviticus 10:12 Leviticus 11:34 Leviticus 14:10 Leviticus 14:20 Leviticus 14:21 Leviticus 14:31 Leviticus 22:11 Leviticus 22:13 Leviticus 23:13 Leviticus 23:16 Leviticus 23:18 Leviticus 23:37 Leviticus 25:6 Leviticus 25:7 Numbers 4:16 Numbers 6:15 Numbers 6:17 Numbers 7:13 Numbers 7:19 Numbers 7:25 Numbers 7:31 Numbers 7:37 Numbers 7:43 Numbers 7:49 Numbers 7:55 Numbers 7:61 Numbers 7:67 Numbers 7:73 Numbers 7:79 Numbers 7:87 Numbers 8:8 Numbers 15:4 Numbers 15:6 Numbers 15:9 Numbers 15:24 Numbers 18:9 Numbers 28:5 Numbers 28:8 Numbers 28:9 Numbers 28:12 Numbers 28:13 Numbers 28:20 Numbers 28:24 Numbers 28:26 Numbers 28:28 Numbers 28:31 Numbers 29:3 Numbers 29:6 Numbers 29:9 Numbers 29:11 Numbers 29:14 Numbers 29:16 Numbers 29:18 Numbers 29:19 Numbers 29:21 Numbers 29:22 Numbers 29:24 Numbers 29:25 Numbers 29:27 Numbers 29:28 Numbers 29:30 Numbers 29:31 Numbers 29:33 Numbers 29:34 Numbers 29:37 Numbers 29:38 Numbers 29:39 Deuteronomy 2:6 Deuteronomy 2:28 Deuteronomy 20:20 Deuteronomy 28:26 Joshua 22:23 Joshua 22:29 Judges 1:7 Judges 13:19 Judges 13:23 Judges 14:14 1 Samuel 20:5 1 Samuel 20:24 1 Samuel 20:27 1 Samuel 20:34 2 Samuel 3:35 2 Samuel 11:8 2 Samuel 12:3 2 Samuel 13:5 2 Samuel 13:7 2 Samuel 13:10 1 Kings 8:64 1 Kings 10:5 1 Kings 19:8 2 Kings 3:20 2 Kings 16:13 2 Kings 16:15 1 Chronicles 12:40 1 Chronicles 21:23 1 Chronicles 23:29 2 Chronicles 7:7 2 Chronicles 9:4 Ezra 3:7 Ezra 7:17 Nehemiah 10:33 Nehemiah 13:5 Nehemiah 13:9 Job 6:7 Job 12:11 Job 20:14 Job 20:21 Job 30:4 Job 33:20 Job 34:3 Job 36:31 Job 38:41 Psalms 42:3 Psalms 44:11 Psalms 59:15 Psalms 69:21 Psalms 74:14 Psalms 78:18 Psalms 78:25 Psalms 78:30 Psalms 79:2 Psalms 104:21 Psalms 104:27 Psalms 107:18 Psalms 111:5 Psalms 145:15 Proverbs 6:8 Proverbs 23:3 Proverbs 30:22 Proverbs 30:25 Proverbs 31:15 Isaiah 57:6 Isaiah 62:8 Isaiah 65:25 Jeremiah 7:33 Jeremiah 16:4 Jeremiah 17:26 Jeremiah 19:7 Jeremiah 33:18 Jeremiah 34:20 Lamentations 1:11 Lamentations 1:19 Lamentations 4:10 Ezekiel 4:10 Ezekiel 16:19 Ezekiel 29:5 Ezekiel 34:5 Ezekiel 34:8 Ezekiel 34:10 Ezekiel 42:13 Ezekiel 44:29 Ezekiel 45:15 Ezekiel 45:17 Ezekiel 45:24 Ezekiel 45:25 Ezekiel 46:5 Ezekiel 46:7 Ezekiel 46:11 Ezekiel 46:14 Ezekiel 46:15 Ezekiel 46:20 Ezekiel 47:12 Daniel 1:5 Daniel 1:8 Daniel 1:10 Daniel 1:13 Daniel 1:15 Daniel 1:16 Daniel 4:12 Daniel 4:21 Daniel 11:26 Hosea 11:4 Joel 1:9 Joel 1:13 Joel 1:16 Joel 2:14 Amos 5:22 Habakkuk 1:16 Habakkuk 3:17 Haggai 2:12 Malachi 1:12 Malachi 3:10 Matthew 3:4 Matthew 6:25 Matthew 9:10 Matthew 10:10 Matthew 14:9 Matthew 15:37 Matthew 24:45 Matthew 25:35 Matthew 25:42 Matthew 26:7 Mark 2:15 Mark 8:8 Mark 14:3 Mark 16:14 Luke 3:11 Luke 7:36 Luke 7:37 Luke 7:49 Luke 8:55 Luke 9:13 Luke 11:37 Luke 12:23 Luke 12:37 Luke 12:42 Luke 14:10 Luke 14:15 Luke 17:7 Luke 22:27 Luke 24:30 Luke 24:41 John 4:8 John 4:32 John 4:34 John 6:27 John 6:55 John 21:5 Acts 2:46 Acts 9:19 Acts 16:34 Acts 27:33 Acts 27:34 Acts 27:36 Romans 14:15 Romans 14:17 Romans 14:20 1 Corinthians 3:2 1 Corinthians 8:8 1 Corinthians 8:10 1 Corinthians 8:13 1 Corinthians 10:3 Colossians 2:16 Hebrews 5:12 Hebrews 5:14 Hebrews 12:16

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

John 4:34

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

2 · KJV context and cross-references

Genesis 1:29-30 Leviticus 2:1-16 John 4:32-34 John 6:27,55 1 Corinthians 3:2 Hebrews 5:12-14 Genesis 1:29 Genesis 2:9 Leviticus 2:14 Leviticus 25:6 Numbers 28:5 Numbers 29:31 2 Samuel 13:10 Job 38:41 Jeremiah 17:26 Ezekiel 47:12 Matthew 10:10 Luke 24:30 Hebrews 12:16