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Strong's G977 βιβρώσκω (bibrosko)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H977 — bachar (“acceptable”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G977
Language Greek
Linked Usages 44
Books 16

Strong's G977 Quick Answer

Strong's G977 βιβρώσκω (bibrosko) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. bibrosko (bib-ro'-sko) v. 1. to eat [a reduplicated and prolonged form of an obsolete primary verb (perhaps causative of G1006)] It has 44 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include eaten, flesh, day, said, and figs. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
bibrosko (bib-ro'-sko) v. 1. to eat [a reduplicated and prolonged form of an obsolete primary verb (perhaps causative of G1006)]
Usage
44 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
eaten, flesh, day, said, and figs

Meaning and Definition

bibrosko (bib-ro'-sko) v. 1. to eat [a reduplicated and prolonged form of an obsolete primary verb (perhaps causative of G1006)] KJV: eat Root(s): G1006

Original Word
βιβρώσκω
Transliteration
bibrosko
Derivation
Root: βόσκω R1: 1006
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G977. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

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.

eaten flesh day said figs lord sacrifice fire eat any devoured out

How Strong's G977 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. 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 37 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.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G977 (βιβρώσκω) appears 42 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G977 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 G977 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

John 6:13 KJV

Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

Strong's G977 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

37 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 12:46 Septuagint / Brenton

In one house shall it be eaten, and ye shall not carry of the flesh out from the house; and a bone of it ye shall not break.

Exodus 13:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten.

Exodus 21:28 Septuagint / Brenton

And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.

Strong's G977 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 2:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses said, Because the sin offering was not to be eaten, it was consumed.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:71 Septuagint / Brenton

And likewise their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold, are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sitteth upon; as also to a dead body, that is cast into the dark.

Daniel 1:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel, Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, Shadrach; and to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.

Usage Excerpts

First 44 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G977.

Exodus 12:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In one house shall it be eaten, and ye shall not carry of the flesh out from the house; and a bone of it ye shall not break.
Exodus 13:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten.
Exodus 21:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear.
Exodus 29:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if aught be left of the flesh of the sacrifice of consecration and of the loaves until the morning, thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, for it is a holy thing.
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 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every sacrifice of a priest shall be thoroughly burned, and shall not be eaten.
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 6:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And no offerings for sin, of whose blood there shall be brought any into the tabernacle of witness to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: they shall be burned with fire.
Leviticus 7:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace offering of praise shall be his, and it shall be eaten in the day in which it is offered: they shall not leave of it till the morning.
Leviticus 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if it be a vow, or he offer his gift of his own will, on whatsoever day he shall offer his sacrifice, it shall be eaten, and on the morrow.
Leviticus 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever flesh shall have touched any unclean thing, it shall not be eaten, it shall be consumed with fire; everyone that is clean shall eat the flesh.
Leviticus 7:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fat of such animals as have died of themselves, or have been seized of beasts, may be employed for any work; but it shall not be eaten for food.
Leviticus 11:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the things which ye shall abhor of birds, and they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle and the ossifrage, and the sea eagle.
Leviticus 11:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every reptile that creeps on the earth, this shall be an abomination to you; it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus 19:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In what day soever ye shall sacrifice it, it shall be eaten; and on the following day, and if any of it should be left till the third day, it shall be thoroughly burned with fire.
Leviticus 19:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if it should be at all eaten on the third day, it is unfit for sacrifice: it shall not be accepted.
Leviticus 19:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whenever ye shall enter into the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall plant any fruit tree, then shall ye purge away its uncleanness; its fruit shall be three years uncleansed to you, it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus 22:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that same day it shall be eaten; ye shall not leave of the flesh till the morrow: I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 12:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take diligent heed that thou eat no blood, for blood is the life of it; the life shall not be eaten with the flesh.
Joshua 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In this day the manna failed, after they had eaten of the corn of the land, and the children of Israel no longer had manna; and they took the fruits of the land of the Phoenicians in that year.
Joshua 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
Joshua 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
are the loaves—we took them hot for our journey on the day on which we came out to come to you; and now they are dried and become moldy.
Judges 14:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, Meat came forth of the eater, And sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days.
1 Kingdoms 30:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was restored in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and three nights.
Job 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I have seen foolish ones taking root: But suddenly their habitation was devoured.
Job 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shall bread be eaten without salt? Or again, is there taste in empty words?
Job 18:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let the soles of his feet be devoured: And death shall consume his beauty.
Isaiah 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And iniquity shall burn as fire, and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that is round about the hills.
Isaiah 28:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for I will not be wroth with you forever, neither shall the voice of my anger crush you.
Isaiah 51:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For as a garment will be devoured by time, and as wool will be devoured by a moth, so shall they be consumed; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation for all generations.
Jeremiah 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The one basket was full of very good figs, as the early figs; and the other basket was full of very bad figs, which could not be eaten, for their badness.
Jeremiah 24:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? and I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which cannot be eaten, for their badness.
Jeremiah 24:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, for their badness; thus saith the Lord, So will I deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his nobles, and the remnant of Jerusalem, them that are left in this land, and the dwellers in Egypt.
Jeremiah 37:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore all that devour thee shall be eaten, and all thine enemies shall eat all their own flesh. Thy sins have abounded beyond the multitude of thine iniquities, therefore they have done these things to thee. And they that spoil thee shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered thee.
Ezekiel 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I said, Not so, Lord God of Israel: surely my soul has not been defiled with uncleanness; nor have I eaten that which died of itself or was torn of beasts from my birth until now; neither has any corrupt flesh entered into my mouth.
Ezekiel 18:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and if he has not eaten on the mountains, and has not set his eyes on the devices of the house of Israel, and has not defiled his neighbor’s wife,
Nahum 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the enemy shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.
John 6:13 New Testament, KJV
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
2 Maccabees 2:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said, Because the sin offering was not to be eaten, it was consumed.
Letter of Jeremiah 1:71 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And likewise their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold, are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sitteth upon; as also to a dead body, that is cast into the dark.
Daniel 1:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel, Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, Shadrach; and to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
Daniel 1:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Daniel said to Amelsad, whom the chief of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
Book 152 1:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Book 152 1:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G977, grouped by book.

Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Letter of Jeremiah 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G977 FAQ

What does bibrosko (βιβρώσκω) mean?

Bibrosko (Strong's G977) is a Greek word most simply glossed "eat". bibrosko (bib-ro'-sko) v. 1. to eat [a reduplicated and prolonged form of an obsolete primary verb (perhaps causative of G1006)]

How many times is bibrosko (βιβρώσκω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 44 linked usages for Strong's G977 across 16 books.

Where can I study bibrosko (βιβρώσκω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G977 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate bibrosko (βιβρώσκω)?

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

Does Strong's G977 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 37 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G977, with linked reader references where each row is available.