Words the Bible translates as eat
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- akhalאָכַלto eat: to take something in and use it up, whether food into a body or anything into a force that destroys it
- phageinφαγεῖνto eat: to take in food, and by extension to consume or use something up.
- esthiōἐσθίωto eat: to take in food
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- to consume, devour: of fire that eats up what it burns
- bibrōskōβιβρώσκωto eatnot studied yet
- geuōγεύωto taste: to take something in by direct, personal contact, whether food by the mouth or a reality met firsthand
- metalambanōμεταλαμβάνωto take one's share of something, to partake of it or share in it along with others
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- to get hold of something whole, to come by or find it, as in finding an opportunity
- akhalאֲכַלto eat: to take something in and use it up, whether food into a body, flesh into a beast, or a country into a conquering power
- trōgōτρώγωto eatnot studied yet
- barahבָּרָהto eatnot studied yet
- la'atלָעַטto eatnot studied yet
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