to feed
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; opp. to πεινᾶν, Php.4:12; with genitive of thing(s), Mrk.8:4; ἀπό, Luk.16:21; ἐκ, Luk.15:16, WH, txt; metaph, Mat.5:6, Luk.6:21. (AS)
Definition:
χορτ-άζω,
feed, fatten, properly of cattle [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; χορτάσω τὸν κάνθαρον (the beetle being comically treated as a horse), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; with
accusative of things, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
eat their fill, of cattle, [
Refs]; τινος of a thing, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II) of persons,
feed, βολβοῖς ἐμαυτὸν χορτάσω [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: with
genitive,
fill full of, θεράπευε καὶ χόρταζε τῶν μονῳδιῶν (
metaphorically) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, with
accusative, χορταζόμενοι γάλα λευκόν [
LXX+5th c.BC+]:
absolutely,
feast, κεχόρτασμαι. οὐ κακῶς [
NT+4th c.BC+]
Pronounciation:
khor-tad'-zo
Definition:
to fodder, i.e. (generally) to gorge (supply food in abundance); feed, fill, satisfy; from
g5528 (χόρτος);