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Strong G5526χορτάζω

to feed

Transliteration
chortazō
Pronunciation
khor-tad'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G5528; to fodder that is (genitive case) to gorge (supply food in abundance): - feed fill satisfy.

Detailed definition

χορτάζω
(χόρτος), [in LXX for שָׂבַע, Psa.17:14 al.;]
__(a) prop., of animals (see Lft. on Php.4:12), to feed, fatten: Rev.19:21;
__(b) in late Gk. (Kennedy, Sources, 82, 156), of persons, to fill or satisfy with food: with accusative of person(s), Mat.15:33; pass., Mat.14:20 15:37, Mrk.6:42 7:27 8:8, Luk.9:17, Jhn.6:26, Jas.2:16; opposite to πεινᾶν, Php.4:12; with genitive of thing(s), Mrk.8:4; ἀπό, Luk.16:21; ἐκ, Luk.15:16, WH, txt.; metaphorically, Mat.5:6, Luk.6:21.†
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In the Bible

Strong G5526 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fill12
  • be2
  • feed1
  • satisfy1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:6
    Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
  2. Matthew 14:20
    And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
  3. Matthew 15:33
    And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
  4. Matthew 15:37
    And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
  5. Mark 6:42
    And they did all eat, and were filled.
  6. Mark 7:27
    But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
  7. Mark 8:4
    And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
  8. Mark 8:8
    So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
  9. Luke 6:21
    Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
  10. Luke 9:17
    And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
  11. Luke 16:21
    And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
  12. John 6:26
    Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
  13. Philippians 4:12
    I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
  14. James 2:16
    And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
  15. Revelation 19:21
    And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
χορτ-άζω,
feed, fatten, properly of cattle [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 326), χ. ἕλικας βόας ἔνδον ἐόντας 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 452)]; χορτάσω τὸν κάνθαρον (the beetle being comically treated as a horse), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 176; τούτοισι (i.e. σιτίοις).. τοῦτον χορτάσω [prev. work] 139)]; with accusative of things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 372d)]:—passive, eat their fill, of cattle, [Refs ([prev. work] 586a)]; τινος of a thing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.9.1.)]
II of persons, feed, βολβοῖς ἐμαυτὸν χορτάσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 7.5; ἡ θυγάτηρ τὴν μητέρα οὐκ ἐχόρτασεν οὔτε ἡ μήτηρ τὴν θυγατέρα “Supp.epigram” 6.187 (from Phrygia))]: with genitive, fill full of.., θεράπευε καὶ χόρταζε τῶν μονῳδιῶν (metaphorically) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 154)]:—passive, with accusative, χορταζόμενοι γάλα λευκόν [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 142 (hexameters): with _dative_, χ. ἅπασιν ἀγαθοῖς 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 28: with _genitive_, στεμφύλων 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 107: _metaphorically_, λύπης 3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 2.22; ζωῆς LXX.Tob.12.9; ἔν τινι LXX.Psa.16(17).15)]: absolutely, feast, κεχόρτασμαι.. οὐ κακῶς [NT+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 30.1, cf. Araros 21, 4th c.BC: Nicostratus Philosophus 20, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 465, NT.Mark.7.27, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.9.19.)]