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Strong's G2068 ἐσθίω (esthio)

Esthio means “eat” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2068 — zabdiel in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2068
Language Greek
Linked Usages 339
Books 47

Strong's G2068 Quick Answer

Strong's G2068 ἐσθίω (esthio) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. esthio (es-thee'-o) v. 1. to eat (usually literal) [strengthened for a primary edo "to eat", used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315] It has 339 linked Bible usages across 47 books. Visible English usage signals include eat, lord, said, bread, and thee. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
esthio (es-thee'-o) v. 1. to eat (usually literal) [strengthened for a primary edo "to eat", used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315]
Usage
339 linked usages
Books
47 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
eat, lord, said, bread, and thee

Meaning and Definition

esthio (es-thee'-o) v. 1. to eat (usually literal) [strengthened for a primary edo "to eat", used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315] KJV: devour, eat, live See also: G5315

Original Word
ἐσθίω
Transliteration
esthio
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2068. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to eat

Usage: ἐσθίω, and (poet, and late prose) ἔσθω, [in LXX chiefly for אכל ;] to eat; __(a) absol.: Mat.14:20, 21 Mrk.6:31, Jhn.4:31, al.; ἐν τ. φαγεῖν (on this aor. form, see M, Pr., 111), 1Co.11:21; διδόναι φαγεῖν, with dative of person(s), Mrk.5:43, al.; ἐ. καὶ πίνειν, Mat.6:25, 31 Luk.10:7, al.; of ordinary use of food and drink, 1Co.9:4 11:22; of partaking of food at table, Mrk.2:16, Luk.5:30, al.; opposite to fasting, Mat.11:18, Luk.5:33, al.; of revelling, Mat.24:49, Luk.12:45 .

__(b) with accusative of thing(s): Mat.6:25, Mrk.1:6, Jhn.6:31, Rom.14:2, al.; ἄρτον (Heb. אָכַל לֶחֶם), Mat.15:2, Mrk.3:20, al.; τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἄ., 2Th.3:12; ἄ. before παρά, genitive of person(s), 2Th.3:8; τά before id., Luk.10:7; τ. πάσχα, Mat.26:17, Mrk.14:12 al; τ. κυριακὸν δεῖπνον, 1Co.11:20; τ. θυσίας, 1Co.10:18; before ἐκ (= cl. part. genitive), Jhn.6:26, 5o, 51, 1Co.11:28; ἀπό (cf. Heb. אָכַל מִן), Mat.15:27, Mrk.7:28; metaphorically, to devour, consume: Heb.10:27, Jas.5:3, Rev.17:16 (cf. κατ-, συν-εσθίω) .

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

eat lord said bread thee flesh holy ate every shalt bring until

How Strong's G2068 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 256 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2068 (ἐσθίω) appears 308 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2068 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2068 in the New Testament

55 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2068 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

256 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 2:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat,

Genesis 2:17 Septuagint / Brenton

but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—of it ye shall not eat, but in whatsoever day ye eat of it, ye shall surely die.

Genesis 3:1 Septuagint / Brenton

Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Wherefore has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?

Strong's G2068 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

26 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G2068 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2068.

Genesis 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat,
Genesis 2:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—of it ye shall not eat, but in whatsoever day ye eat of it, ye shall surely die.
Genesis 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Wherefore has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden,
Genesis 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Genesis 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For God knew that in whatever day ye should eat of it your eyes would be opened, and ye would be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.
Genesis 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said to him, Who told thee that thou wast naked, unless thou hast eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it alone not to eat?
Genesis 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me—she gave me of the tree and I ate.
Genesis 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me and I ate.
Genesis 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.
Genesis 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it only not to eat—of that thou hast eaten, cursed is the ground in thy labors, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Genesis 3:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
Genesis 3:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken, for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return.
Genesis 3:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, Behold, Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and so he shall live forever—
Genesis 6:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take to thyself of all kinds of food which ye eat, and thou shalt gather them to thyself, and it shall be for thee and them to eat.
Genesis 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But flesh with blood of life ye shall not eat.
Genesis 14:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Except what things the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Eshcol, Aner, Mamre, these shall take a portion.
Genesis 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.
Genesis 18:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he stood by them under the tree.
Genesis 19:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered into his house, and he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they did eat.
Genesis 24:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he set before them loaves to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.
Genesis 24:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And both he and the men with him ate and drank and went to sleep. And he arose in the morning and said, Send me away, that I may go to my master.
Genesis 25:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob gave bread to Esau, and pottage of lentils; and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; so Esau slighted his birthright.
Genesis 26:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
Genesis 27:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and make me meats, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee, before I die.
Genesis 27:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bring me venison, and prepare me meats, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord before I die.
Genesis 27:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt bring them in to thy father, and he shall eat, that thy father may bless thee before he dies.
Genesis 27:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau thy firstborn, have done as thou toldest me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Bring hither, and I will eat of thy venison, son, that my soul may bless thee; and he brought it near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Genesis 27:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he also had made meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed.
Genesis 28:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Genesis 31:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stones and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, This heap witnesses between me and thee today.
Genesis 31:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren, and they ate and drank, and slept in the mountain.
Genesis 32:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore the children of Israel will by no means eat of the sinew which was benumbed, which is on the broad part of the thigh, until this day, because the angel touched the broad part of the thigh of Jacob—even the sinew which was benumbed.
Genesis 37:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ishmaelitish travelers came from Gilead, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.
Genesis 39:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he committed all that he had into the hands of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him, save the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form, and exceedingly beautiful in countenance.
Genesis 40:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharaoh eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.
Genesis 40:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet three days, and Pharaoh shall take away thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Genesis 43:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph saw them and his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said to the steward of his household, Bring the men into the house, and slay beasts and make ready, for the men are to eat bread with me at noon.
Genesis 45:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And take up your father, and your possessions, and come to me; and I will give you of all the goods of Egypt, and ye shall eat the marrow of the land.
Genesis 47:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharaoh gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they sold not their land.
Genesis 49:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, Shall eat still in the morning, And at evening he gives food.
Exodus 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall eat the flesh in this night roast with fire, and they shall eat unleavened bread with bitter herbs.
Exodus 12:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not eat of it raw nor sodden in water, but only roast with fire, the head with the feet and the appurtenances.
Exodus 12:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thus shall ye eat it: your loins girded, and your sandals on your feet, and your staffs in your hands, and ye shall eat it in haste. It is a Passover to the Lord.
Exodus 12:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and from the first day ye shall utterly remove leaven from your houses: whoever shall eat leaven, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day.
Exodus 12:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Beginning the fourteenth day of the first month, ye shall eat unleavened bread from evening, till the twenty-first day of the month, till evening.
Exodus 12:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall eat nothing leavened, but in every habitation of yours ye shall eat unleavened bread.
Exodus 12:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the Passover: no stranger shall eat of it.
Exodus 12:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A sojourner or hireling shall not eat of it.
Exodus 12:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if any proselyte shall come to you to keep the Passover to the Lord, thou shalt circumcise every male of him, and then shall he approach to sacrifice it, and he shall be even as the original inhabitant of the land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.
Exodus 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Six days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a feast to the Lord.
Exodus 13:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; nothing leavened shall be seen with thee, neither shalt thou have leaven in all thy borders.
Exodus 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger.
Exodus 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Toward evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be satisfied with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
Exodus 16:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to the land they ate the manna, until they came to the region of Phoenicia.
Exodus 22:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall be holy men to me; and ye shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, ye shall cast it to the dog.
Exodus 23:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine olive yard.
Exodus 23:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take heed to keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread, as I charged thee at the season of the month of new corn, for in it thou camest out of Egypt: thou shalt not appear before me empty.
Exodus 29:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the loaves in the basket, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
Exodus 29:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They shall eat the offerings with which they were sanctified to fill their hands, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat of them, for they are holy.
Leviticus 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your habitations; ye shall eat no fat and no blood.
Leviticus 6:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron and his sons shall eat that which is left of it: it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place, they shall eat it in the court of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every male of the priests shall eat it: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the burnt offerings of the Lord; whosoever shall touch them shall be hallowed.
Leviticus 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The priest that offers it shall eat it: in a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every male of the priest shall eat them, in the holy place they shall eat them: they are most holy.
Leviticus 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he do at all eat of the flesh on the third day, it shall not be accepted for him that offers: it shall not be reckoned to him, it is pollution; and whatsoever soul shall eat of it, shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat of oxen or sheep or goats.
Leviticus 7:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every one that eats fat off the beasts, from which he will bring a burnt offering to the Lord—that soul shall perish from his people.
Leviticus 7:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall eat no blood in all your habitations, either of beasts or of birds.
Leviticus 8:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh in the tent of the tabernacle of witness in the holy place; and there ye shall eat it and the loaves in the basket of consecration, as it has been appointed me, the Lord saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat them.
Leviticus 10:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who survived, Take the sacrifice that is left of the burnt offerings of the Lord, and ye shall eat unleavened bread by the altar: it is most holy.
Leviticus 10:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall eat it in the holy place; for this is a statute for thee and a statute for thy sons, of the burnt offerings to the Lord; for so it has been commanded me.
Leviticus 10:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall eat the breast of separation, and the shoulder of the choice offering in the holy place, thou and thy sons and thy house with thee; for it has been given as an ordinance for thee and an ordinance for thy sons, of the sacrifices of peace offering of the children of Israel.
Leviticus 10:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the blood of it was not brought into the holy place: ye shall eat it within, before the Lord, as the Lord commanded me.
Leviticus 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron spoke to Moses, saying, If they have brought nigh today their sin offerings, and their whole burnt offerings before the Lord, and these events have happened to me, and yet I should eat today of the sin offerings, would it be pleasing to the Lord?
Leviticus 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak ye to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat of all beasts that are upon the earth.
Leviticus 11:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Every beast parting the hoof and making divisions of two claws, and chewing the cud among beasts, these ye shall eat.
Leviticus 11:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But of these ye shall not eat, of those that chew the cud, and of those that part the hoofs, and divide claws; the camel, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall not touch their carcasses; these are unclean to you.
Leviticus 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are what ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all things that have fins and scales in the waters, and in the seas, and in the brooks, these ye shall eat.
Leviticus 11:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall abhor their carcasses.
Leviticus 11:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But these ye shall eat of the creeping winged animals, which go upon four feet, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth.
Leviticus 11:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these of them ye shall eat: the caterpillar and his like, and the attacus and his like, and the cantharus and his like, and the locust and his like.
Leviticus 11:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all food that is eaten, on which water shall come from such a vessel, shall be unclean; and every beverage which is drunk in any such vessel, shall be unclean.
Leviticus 11:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that eats of their carcasses shall wash his garments, and be unclean till evening; and he that carries any of their carcasses shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean till evening.
Leviticus 11:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every animal that creeps on its belly, and every one that goes on four feet continually, which abounds with feet among all the reptiles creeping upon the earth—ye shall not eat it, for it is an abomination to you.
Leviticus 11:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to distinguish between the unclean and the clean; and between those that bring forth alive, such as should be eaten, and those that bring forth alive, such as should not be eaten.
Leviticus 14:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that sleeps in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening; and he that eats in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening.
Leviticus 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you, shall eat any blood, I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will destroy it from its people.
Leviticus 17:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you shall take any animal in hunting, beast, or bird, which is eaten, then shall he pour out the blood, and cover it in the dust.
Leviticus 17:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the blood of all flesh is its life; and I said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood: everyone that eats it shall be destroyed.
Leviticus 19:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy things of the Lord; and the souls that eat it shall be destroyed from among their people.
Leviticus 19:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the fifth year ye shall eat the fruit, its produce is an increase to you. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Eat not on the mountains, nor shall ye employ auguries, nor divine by inspection of birds.
Leviticus 22:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man of the seed of Aaron the priest, if he should have leprosy or issue of the reins, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be cleansed; and he that touches any uncleanness of a dead body, or the man whose seed of copulation shall have gone out from him,
Leviticus 22:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
whatsoever soul shall touch them shall be unclean until evening; he shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water,
Leviticus 22:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So should they bring upon themselves the iniquity of trespass in their eating their holy things: for I am the Lord that sanctifies them.
Leviticus 23:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread.
Leviticus 23:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall not eat bread, or the new parched corn, until this same day, until ye offer the sacrifices to your God: it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 25:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For it is a jubilee of release; it shall be holy to you, ye shall eat its fruits off the fields.
Leviticus 25:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the land shall yield her increase, and ye shall eat to fullness, and shall dwell securely in it.
Leviticus 25:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if ye should say, What shall we eat in this seventh year, if we do not sow nor gather in our fruits?
Leviticus 25:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old fruits till the ninth year: until its fruit come, ye shall eat old fruits of the old.
Leviticus 26:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your threshing time shall overtake the vintage, and your vintage shall overtake your seed time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full; and ye shall dwell safely upon your land, and war shall not go through your land.
Leviticus 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall eat that which is old and very old, and bring forth the old to make way for the new.
Leviticus 26:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.
Leviticus 26:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When I afflict you with famine of bread, then ten women shall bake your loaves in one oven, and they shall render your loaves by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Leviticus 26:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Numbers 11:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt freely; and the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the garlic, and the onions.
Numbers 11:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to the people thou shalt say, Purify yourselves for the morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye wept before the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: and the Lord shall allow you to eat flesh, and ye shall eat flesh.
Numbers 11:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days;
Numbers 11:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
ye shall eat for a full month, until the flesh come out at your nostrils; and it shall be nausea to you, because ye disobeyed the Lord, who is among you, and wept before him, saying, What had we to do to come out of Egypt?
Numbers 15:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then it shall come to pass, when ye shall eat of the bread of the land, ye shall separate a wave offering, a special offering to the Lord, the firstfruits of your dough.
Numbers 18:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the most holy place shall ye eat them; every male shall eat them, thou and thy sons: they shall be holy to thee.
Numbers 18:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall be to you of the firstfruits of their gifts, of all the wave offerings of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them and to thy sons and thy daughters with thee, a perpetual ordinance; every clean person in thy house shall eat them.
Numbers 18:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the firstfruits that are in their land, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be thine: every clean person in thy house shall eat them.
Numbers 18:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall eat it in any place, ye and your families; for this is your reward for your services in the tabernacle of witness.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2068, grouped by book.

Genesis 44 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 48 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 25 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 11 usages, New Testament
Mark 9 usages, New Testament
Luke 12 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 4 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 15 usages, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G2068 FAQ

What does esthio (ἐσθίω) mean?

Esthio (Strong's G2068) is a Greek word most simply glossed "eat". esthio (es-thee'-o) v. 1. to eat (usually literal) [strengthened for a primary edo "to eat", used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315]

How many times is esthio (ἐσθίω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 339 linked usages for Strong's G2068 across 47 books.

Where can I study esthio (ἐσθίω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2068 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate esthio (ἐσθίω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as eat, lord, said, bread, thee, and flesh. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2068 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 256 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 26 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2068, with linked reader references where each row is available.