“or perhaps rather of a base of G5167 (τρυγών) and G5149 (τρίζω) through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat”
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
or perhaps rather of a base of G5167 (τρυγών) and G5149 (τρίζω) through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. to crunch; to eat, Mt. 24:38; from the Hebrew, ἄρτον τρώγειν, to take food, partake of a meal, Jn. 6:54, 56-58; 13:18*
Translated in KJV as
Etymology
probably strengthened from a collateral form of the base of G5134 (τραῦμα) and G5147 (τρίβος) through the idea of corrosion or wear;
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