“used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315 (φάγω); to eat (usually literal)”
Definition
Strong’s Definition
used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315 (φάγω); to eat (usually literal)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to eat, Mt. 12:1; 15:27; ἐσθίειν καὶ πίνειν, 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 ἐσθίειν, to eat bread, to take food, take the usual meals, Mt. 15:2
Translated in KJV as
Etymology
strengthened for a primary (to eat);
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“And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.”