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ἐσθίω

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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

Romans 14:20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. All food is indeed clean, but it is wrong to cause another to stumble by what you eat (esthionti | ἐσθίοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc).
Romans 14:21 It is good not to eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) meat or to drink wine or to do anything that makes your brother stumble.
Romans 14:23 But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats (phagē | φάγῃ | aor act subj 3 sg), because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.
1 Corinthians 8:7 However, not everyone has this knowledge. But some, because in former times they were involved with idols, eat (esthiousin | ἐσθίουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) this food as though it were an idol sacrifice, and thus their conscience, being weak, is defiled.
1 Corinthians 8:8 Food does not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we (phagōmen | φάγωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) do (phagōmen | φάγωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) not eat (phagōmen | φάγωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl), and no better if we do (phagōmen | φάγωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl).
1 Corinthians 8:10 For if someone should see you who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of the one who is weak be emboldened to eat (esthiein | ἐσθίειν | pres act inf ) food sacrificed to idols?
1 Corinthians 8:13 Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, again I (phagō | φάγω | aor act subj 1 sg) will (phagō | φάγω | aor act subj 1 sg) never eat (phagō | φάγω | aor act subj 1 sg) meat, lest I cause one of them to stumble.
1 Corinthians 9:4 Do we not have the right to eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) and drink?
1 Corinthians 9:7 Who serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) not eat (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) not drink (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) of its milk?
1 Corinthians 9:13 Do you not know that those who perform sacred rites in the temple eat (esthiousin | ἐσθίουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) food (esthiousin | ἐσθίουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in the sacrificial offerings?
1 Corinthians 10:3 and all ate (ephagon | ἔφαγον | aor act ind 3 pl) the same spiritual food,
1 Corinthians 10:7 So do not become idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) and drink and rose up to play.”
1 Corinthians 10:18 Consider Israel according to the flesh: are not those who eat (esthiontes | ἐσθίοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) the sacrifices sharers in the altar?
1 Corinthians 10:25 Eat (esthiete | ἐσθίετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) whatever is sold in the marketplace, asking no question based on conscience,
1 Corinthians 10:27 If one of the unbelievers invites you to a meal and you decide to go, eat (esthiete | ἐσθίετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) whatever is set before you, asking no question based on conscience.
1 Corinthians 10:28 However, if someone should say to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do (esthiete | ἐσθίετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) not eat (esthiete | ἐσθίετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) it, for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience —
1 Corinthians 10:31 So, whether you eat (esthiete | ἐσθίετε | pres act ind 2 pl) or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 11:20 Therefore when you gather in the assembly, it is not to (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) a supper in honor of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:21 For when it comes time to (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ) eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ), each one goes ahead with his own supper; and one remains hungry while another becomes drunk.
1 Corinthians 11:22 Can it be that you do not have houses in which to eat (esthiein | ἐσθίειν | pres act inf ) and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? For this I will not commend you.
1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat (esthiēte | ἐσθίητε | pres act subj 2 pl) this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
1 Corinthians 11:27 Whoever, therefore, eats (esthiē | ἐσθίῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:28 A person should examine himself, then, and so eat (esthietō | ἐσθιέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg) of the bread and drink of the cup.
1 Corinthians 11:29 For the one who eats (esthiōn | ἐσθίων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) and drinks without discerning the body eats (esthiei | ἐσθίει | pres act ind 3 sg) and drinks judgment on himself.
1 Corinthians 11:33 So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat (phagein | φαγεῖν | aor act inf ), wait for one another.
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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