Forms of the word

Dictionary
ἐσθίω
Greek transliteration
esthiō
Simplified transliteration
esthio
Principal Parts
φάγομαι, ἔφαγον, -, -, -

Numbers

Strong's number
2068
GK Number
2266

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
158
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1b(3)
Gloss
to eat, consume, devour
Definition
to eat, Mt. 12:1; 15:27; ἐσθιειν καὶ πινειν, to eat and drink, to eat and drink in the usual manner, follow the common mode of living, Mt. 11:18; also with the associated notion of supposed security, Lk. 17:27; to feast, banquet, Mt. 24:49; met. to devour, consume, Heb. 10:27; Jas. 5:3; from the Hebrew, ἄρτον ἐσθιειν, to eat bread, to take food, take the usual meals, Mt. 15:2

Greek-English Concordance for ἐσθίω

Matthew 6:25 “Therefore I say to you, ‘Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat (phagēte | φάγητε | aor act subj 2 pl) or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
Matthew 6:31 So then, do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ (phagōmen | φάγωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) or, ‘What shall we drink?’ or, ‘With what shall we clothe ourselves?’ —
Matthew 9:11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) your teacher eat (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) with tax collectors and sinners?”
Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating (esthiōn | ἐσθίων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating (esthiōn | ἐσθίων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is shown to be right by what she does.”
Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and eat (esthiein | ἐσθίειν | pres act inf ).
Matthew 12:4 how he entered the house of God and they (ephagon | ἔφαγον | aor act ind 3 pl) ate (ephagon | ἔφαγον | aor act ind 3 pl) the sacred bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) nor for those who were with him, but for the priests alone?
Matthew 14:16 But Jesus said to them, “They have no need to go away; you give them something to eat.” (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf )
Matthew 14:20 And they all ate (ephagon | ἔφαγον | aor act ind 3 pl) and were filled; and they picked up what remained of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.
Matthew 14:21 Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who had eaten (esthiontes | ἐσθίοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc).
Matthew 15:2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they (esthiōsin | ἐσθίωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) eat (esthiōsin | ἐσθίωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) bread.”
Matthew 15:20 These are the things that defile a person, but to (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”
Matthew 15:27 “Yes, Lord,” she said, “but even the dogs eat (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
Matthew 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat (phagōsin | φάγωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl); and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint from exhaustion on the way.”
Matthew 15:37 And they all ate (ephagon | ἔφαγον | aor act ind 3 pl) and were filled; and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full.
Matthew 15:38 Not counting women and children, there were four thousand men who had eaten (esthiontes | ἐσθίοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc).
Matthew 24:49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats (esthiē | ἐσθίῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) and drinks with drunkards;
Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave me food (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ), I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
Matthew 25:42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ), I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
Matthew 26:17 Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) the Passover?”
Matthew 26:21 And as they were eating (esthiontōn | ἐσθιόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) he said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me.”
Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating (esthiontōn | ἐσθιόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc), Jesus took bread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take, eat (phagete | φάγετε | aor act imperative 2 pl); this is my body.”
Mark 1:6 Now John was clothed with hair camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, his and he fed (esthiōn | ἐσθίων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) on locusts and wild honey.
Mark 2:16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, his “Why is (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) he (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) eating (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) with tax collectors and sinners?” is he eating (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg)
Mark 2:26 How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate (ephagen | ἔφαγεν | aor act ind 3 sg) the sacred bread, sacred ate (ephagen | ἔφαγεν | aor act ind 3 sg) which is not lawful to eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ), except for the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?” who were

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