Strong G5176τρώγω
to eat
- Transliteration
- trōgō
- Pronunciation
- tro'-go
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
τρώγω
1. prop., of animals, to gnaw, munch, crunch (Hom., al.).
2. Of men, to eat raw food, as vegetables, nuts, etc. (Hdt., al.).
3. In late vernacular, simply to eat (= ἐσθίω): Mat.24:38, Jhn.6:54, 56-58 13:18 (LXX ἐσθίων) (see Kennedy, Sources, 82, 155; MM, xxv).†
(AS)
1. prop., of animals, to gnaw, munch, crunch (Hom., al.).
2. Of men, to eat raw food, as vegetables, nuts, etc. (Hdt., al.).
3. In late vernacular, simply to eat (= ἐσθίω): Mat.24:38, Jhn.6:54, 56-58 13:18 (LXX ἐσθίων) (see Kennedy, Sources, 82, 155; MM, xxv).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5176 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eateth5
- eat1
First verses
- Matthew 24:38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
- John 6:54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 6:56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
- John 6:57As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
- John 6:58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
- John 13:18I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τρώγω,
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.90, etc.)]: future τρώξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 806, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.8:)]aorist 1 ἔτρωξα (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 182, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 8, Timo 66.6:)]aorist 2 ἔτρᾰγον, 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive τράγῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 67.5 (elsewhere only in _composition_ with ἐν- (which see), κατα-, παρα-):)] —passive, perfect τέτρωγμαι (δια-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 371)], (παρεν-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 15.8)]:—gnaw, nibble, munch, especially of herbivorous animals, as mules, τ. ἄγρωστιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.90)]; of swine, ἐρεβίνθους τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 801, compare 806)]; of cattle, τὸν θαλλόν, κόμαρον τ., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.45, 9.11)]; rarely of dogs, Εὐριπίδην ἔτρωγον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus 15.15)]; of human beings in disease, λίθους τε καὶ γῆν τρώγουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.31.)]
II of men, eat vegetables or fruit, τοὺς γενομένους [κυάμους] οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37)]; τὸ κάτω [τῆς βύβλου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (] [prev. work] 92; τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ λωτοῦ [prev. author] 4.177; τ. βότρυς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1077; βολβοὺς τρώγων, τυροὺς κάπτων 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 18.3 (_anapaest meter_))]; of dessert, eat fruits, as figs, almonds, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1324, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 159 (see. τρωγάλια))]; ἴτρια, μελίπηκτα, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 38.1, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 140.4)]; of small fish as hors-d'oeuvres, κἀν ποίᾳ πόλει τοσοῦτος [ὢν] τὸ μέγεθος ἰχθῦς τρώγετα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 23 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator: _absolutely_, πίνειν καὶ τ.)] drink and eat dessert, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.197: Comedy texts _metaphorically_, γνώμας τ. Πανδελετείους 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 924 (_anapaest meter_))]:—passive, τρώγεται ἁπαλὰ ταῦτα καὶ αὖα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92.)]
III later, simply eat, serving as present to ἔφαγον instead of ἐσθίω, ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα [LXX+NT (NT.John.6.54 (compare _aorist_ φάγητε.. πίητε [prev. work] 53); τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες NT.Matt.24.38; never in LXX (ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτους μου LXX.Psa.40(41).10 becomes ὁ τρώγων μου τὸν ἄρτον)] when cited in [NT (NT.John.13.18))]; δύο τρώγομεν ἀδελφοί is uncertain reading in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.23.9; ἔδωκεν εὔζωμον νήστῃ τρώγειν “SIG” 1171.9 (Crete, perhaps 1st c.BC))]; ἡ νὺξ τὴν ἡμέραν τ. (of a black man eating white bread) Diog.Cyn. cited in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 5730 (4th-5th c.AD))]; ψυχρὰ τρώγοντα κατακαίεσθαι [Refs (“PMag.Lond.” 121.177; ἔμοιγε, ὅσσα παρ᾽ ἀνθρώποις, τρώγειν ἔθος Batrachomyomachia 34)]; this usage is mentioned by [Refs 9th c.AD+ (“Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 114, censured by 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]
[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.90, etc.)]: future τρώξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 806, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.8:)]aorist 1 ἔτρωξα (κατ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Batrachomyomachia 182, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ γυναικείης φύσιος” 8, Timo 66.6:)]aorist 2 ἔτρᾰγον, 3rd.pers. singular subjunctive τράγῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 67.5 (elsewhere only in _composition_ with ἐν- (which see), κατα-, παρα-):)] —passive, perfect τέτρωγμαι (δια-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 371)], (παρεν-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 15.8)]:—gnaw, nibble, munch, especially of herbivorous animals, as mules, τ. ἄγρωστιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.90)]; of swine, ἐρεβίνθους τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 801, compare 806)]; of cattle, τὸν θαλλόν, κόμαρον τ., [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 4.45, 9.11)]; rarely of dogs, Εὐριπίδην ἔτρωγον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus 15.15)]; of human beings in disease, λίθους τε καὶ γῆν τρώγουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 2.31.)]
II of men, eat vegetables or fruit, τοὺς γενομένους [κυάμους] οὔτε τρώγουσι οὔτε ἕψοντες πατέονται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37)]; τὸ κάτω [τῆς βύβλου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (] [prev. work] 92; τὸν καρπὸν τοῦ λωτοῦ [prev. author] 4.177; τ. βότρυς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1077; βολβοὺς τρώγων, τυροὺς κάπτων 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 18.3 (_anapaest meter_))]; of dessert, eat fruits, as figs, almonds, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1324, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 159 (see. τρωγάλια))]; ἴτρια, μελίπηκτα, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 38.1, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 140.4)]; of small fish as hors-d'oeuvres, κἀν ποίᾳ πόλει τοσοῦτος [ὢν] τὸ μέγεθος ἰχθῦς τρώγετα; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 23 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator: _absolutely_, πίνειν καὶ τ.)] drink and eat dessert, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.197: Comedy texts _metaphorically_, γνώμας τ. Πανδελετείους 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 924 (_anapaest meter_))]:—passive, τρώγεται ἁπαλὰ ταῦτα καὶ αὖα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.92.)]
III later, simply eat, serving as present to ἔφαγον instead of ἐσθίω, ὁ τρώγων μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίνων μου τὸ αἷμα [LXX+NT (NT.John.6.54 (compare _aorist_ φάγητε.. πίητε [prev. work] 53); τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες NT.Matt.24.38; never in LXX (ὁ ἐσθίων ἄρτους μου LXX.Psa.40(41).10 becomes ὁ τρώγων μου τὸν ἄρτον)] when cited in [NT (NT.John.13.18))]; δύο τρώγομεν ἀδελφοί is uncertain reading in [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 31.23.9; ἔδωκεν εὔζωμον νήστῃ τρώγειν “SIG” 1171.9 (Crete, perhaps 1st c.BC))]; ἡ νὺξ τὴν ἡμέραν τ. (of a black man eating white bread) Diog.Cyn. cited in [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“Sammelb.” 5730 (4th-5th c.AD))]; ψυχρὰ τρώγοντα κατακαίεσθαι [Refs (“PMag.Lond.” 121.177; ἔμοιγε, ὅσσα παρ᾽ ἀνθρώποις, τρώγειν ἔθος Batrachomyomachia 34)]; this usage is mentioned by [Refs 9th c.AD+ (“Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 114, censured by 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]