esthiō · eat

What it means

esthiō (ἐσθίω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “eat”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To take food by mouth; also to devour or consume.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

To eat; also to devour, consume.

• Eating with tax collectors and sinners Mark 2:16Matthew 9:11
• “They all ate and were filled” Mark 6:42
• Eating the Passover Luke 22:151 Corinthians 11:26
• “If anyone eats of this bread” John 6:51
• The one who eats and the one who does not eat Romans 14:6

How we translate it

Forms of “eat”: “eat” 106, “ate” 19, “eating” 17, “eats” 12, “eaten” 3; once “consume”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• eat ×106
• ate ×19
• eating ×17
• eats ×12
• eaten ×3
• consume ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×24
• Mark×27
• Luke×33
• John×15
• Acts×7
• Romans×13
• 1 Corinthians×27
• 2 Thessalonians×3
• Hebrews×2
• James×1
• Revelation×6

• Matthew 6:25

  “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

• Matthew 6:31

  So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

• Matthew 9:11

  And seeing this, the Pharisees were saying to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”

• Matthew 11:18

  For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’

• Matthew 11:19

  The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a man who is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And wisdom was declared righteous by her works.”

• Matthew 12:1

  At that time Jesus went on the Sabbath through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pick heads of grain and to eat.

• Matthew 12:4

  how he entered into the house of God and they ate the bread of the presentation, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, except 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.”

• Matthew 14:20

  And all ate and were satisfied; and they picked up what was left over of the pieces, twelve baskets full.

• Matthew 14:21

  And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

• Matthew 15:2

  “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

• Matthew 15:20

  These are what defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person.”

• Matthew 15:27

  But she said, “Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs eat from the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

• Matthew 15:32

  And Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been staying with me three days already and they do not have anything to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”

• Matthew 15:37

  And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

• Matthew 15:38

  And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

• Matthew 24:49

  and begins to beat his fellow slaves, and eats and drinks with the drunkards,

• Matthew 25:35

  For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you welcomed me;

• Matthew 25:42

  For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat; I was thirsty and you did not give me drink;

• Matthew 26:17

  Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

• Matthew 26:21

  And as they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you that one of you will hand me over.”

• Matthew 26:26

  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessing, he broke it and giving it to the disciples, he said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”

• Mark 1:6

  And John was clothed in camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

• Mark 2:16

  And the scribes of the Pharisees, seeing that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, were saying to his disciples, “Why does he eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”

• Mark 2:26

  how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presentation, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave it also to those who were with him?”

• Mark 3:20

  And he comes home; and the crowd gathers again, so that they could not even eat bread.

• Mark 5:43

  And he gave them strict orders that no one should know this, and he told them to give her something to eat.

• Mark 6:31

  And he says to them, “You yourselves come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a little.” For those who were coming and going were many, and they did not even have the chance to eat.

• Mark 6:36

  send them away, so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

• Mark 6:37

  But he answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they say to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii’ worth of bread and give them it to eat?”

• Mark 6:42

  And they all ate and were filled.

• Mark 6:44

  And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

• Mark 7:2

  and they saw that some of his disciples were eating the bread with defiled hands, that is, unwashed.

• Mark 7:3

  (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands with the fist, holding to the tradition of the elders;

• Mark 7:4

  and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they immerse themselves; and there are many other things that they have received to hold to, immersions of cups and pitchers and copper pots and dining couches.)

• Mark 7:5

  And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with defiled hands?”

• Mark 7:28

  But she answered and says to him, “Lord, even the little dogs under the table eat from the children’s crumbs.”

• Mark 8:1

  In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, he called the disciples and says to them,

• Mark 8:2

  “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have now been with me three days and they have nothing to eat;

• Mark 8:8

  And they ate and were filled; and they picked up the leftover pieces, seven baskets.

And 118 more times.