Strong G977βιβρώσκω

to eat

Transliteration
bibrōskō
Pronunciation
bib-ro'-sko
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

A reduplicated and prolonged form of an obsolete primary verb (perhaps causative of G1006); to eat: - eat.

Detailed definition

βιβρώσκω, poët, and late prose,
[in LXX for אכל;]
to eat: Jhn.6:13.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G977 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • eat1

First verses

  1. John 6:13
    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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βιβρώσκω,
[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 108.9, (compare βρώζω, βορά))] · βρώσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.40:)]aorist ἔβρωσα (ἀν-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 134)]; infinitive βρῶξαι (κατα-) Epic. in [Refs (“Arch.Papyrus” 7.5)]: Epic dialect aorist 2 ἔβρων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 49, (κατ-) “hymnus ad Apollinem” 127)]: perfect βέβρωκα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.94, 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 68)]; syncopated. participle βεβρώς, ῶτος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1022)]; optative βεβρώθοις, as iffrom perfect βέβρωθα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.35)]:—passive, present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ παθῶν” 4)]:future βρωθήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1421, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 3.227; βεβρώσομαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.203: aor ἐβρώθην 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 37, etc., (κατ-) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.16)]: perfect βέβρωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1097 (Lyric poetry), (δια-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 83a, (κατα-) “SIG” 2587.310)]: pluperfect ἐβέβρωτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 4.19.)]—In Ionic dialect Prose and [Refs (LXX βέβρωκα ἐβρώθην βέβρωμαι take the place of _Attic dialect_ ἐδήδοκα ἠδέσθην ἐδήδεσμαι)]:—eat, eat up, βεβρωκὼς κακὰ φάρμακ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.94, etc.)]; οὐδὲν βεβρ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 68)]: with genitive, eat of a thing, [λέων] βεβρωκὼς βοός [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.403; τῶν μελῶν βεβρωκότες 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 463; κρειῶν τε καὶ αἵματος 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 25.224: _absolutely_, βεβρωκώς, opposed to πεινῶν, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 629b9; β. καὶ πεπωκώς [prev. author] “fragment” 232, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.72.6, NT.John.6.13)]:—passive, to be eaten, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 37)]; of teeth, decay, [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 4.19)]; χρήματα δ᾽ αὖτε κακῶς βεβρώοεται will be devoured, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.203)]; βεβρωμένοι ἄρτοι mouldy bread, [LXX (LXX.Josh.9.12)]; ῥίζα βεβρ. worm-eaten, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.9)]; to be bitten, ὑπὸ τῶν κροκοδείλων [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.246.)]