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

1 Corinthians 11:34 If anyone is hungry, he (esthietō | ἐσθιέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) should (esthietō | ἐσθιέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) eat (esthietō | ἐσθιέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) at home, so that when you come together it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come.
1 Corinthians 15:32 If as a mere man I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, let us eat (phagōmen | φάγωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) and drink, for tomorrow we die.
2 Thessalonians 3:8 nor did we eat (ephagomen | ἐφάγομεν | aor act ind 1 pl) anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead we kept working night and day with toil and hardship, so we would not be a burden to any of you,
2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this charge: “If anyone is not willing to work, then he (esthietō | ἐσθιέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) should (esthietō | ἐσθιέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) not eat.” (esthietō | ἐσθιέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg)
2 Thessalonians 3:12 Such people we charge and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ that they work quietly and eat (esthiōsin | ἐσθίωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) their own food.
Hebrews 10:27 but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and of raging fire ready to consume (esthiein | ἐσθίειν | pres act inf ) the adversaries.
Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle do not have the right to (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ).
James 5:3 Your gold and your silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you, and it will consume (phagetai | φάγεται | fut mid ind 3 sg) your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure for the last days.
Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give the right to eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:14 But I have several things against you, because you have among you those who follow the teaching of Balaam, the one who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel so they would eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) food sacrificed to idols.
Revelation 10:10 So I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. In my mouth it was as sweet as honey, but when I had eaten (ephagon | ἔφαγον | aor act ind 1 sg) it, my stomach became bitter.
Revelation 17:16 As for the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They (phagontai | φάγονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) will (phagontai | φάγονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) devour (phagontai | φάγονται | fut mid ind 3 pl) her flesh and burn her up with fire,
Revelation 19:18 to eat (phagēte | φάγητε | aor act subj 2 pl) the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty warriors, the flesh of horses and those who ride on them — the flesh of all, both free and slave, and small and great.”

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