Definition:
ἐσθίω, and (poet, and late prose) ἔσθω, [in LXX chiefly for אכל;] to eat; (a) absol: Mat.14:20, 21 Mrk.6:31, Jhn.4:31, al; ἐν τ. φαγεῖν (on this aor. form, see M, Pr., 111), 1Co.11:21; διδόναι φαγεῖν, with dative of person(s), Mrk.5:43, al; ἐ. καὶ πίνειν, Mat.6:25, 31 Luk.10:7, al; of ordinary use of food and drink, 1Co.9:4 11:22; of partaking of food at table, Mrk.2:16, Luk.5:30, al; opposite to fasting, Mat.11:18, Luk.5:33, al; of revelling, Mat.24:49, Luk.12:45. (b) with accusative of thing(s): Mat.6:25, Mrk.1:6, Jhn.6:31, Rom.14:2, al; ἄρτον (Heb. אָכַל לֶחֶם), Mat.15:2, Mrk.3:20, al; τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἄ, 2Th.3:12; ἄ. before παρά, genitive of person(s), 2Th.3:8; τά before id, Luk.10:7; τ. πάσχα, Mat.26:17, Mrk.14:12 al; τ. κυριακὸν δεῖπνον, 1Co.11:20; τ. θυσίας, 1Co.10:18; before ἐκ (= cl. part. genitive), Jhn.6:26, 5o, 51, 1Co.11:28; ἀπό (cf. Heb. אָכַל מִן), Mat.15:27, Mrk.7:28; metaphorically, to devour, consume: Heb.10:27, Jas.5:3, Rev.17:16 (cf. κατ, συν-εσθίω). (AS)
Definition:
ἐσθίω (compare ἔσθω, ἔδω, the latter of which is the
radical form, and supplies
future and
perfect of ἐσθίω),
imperfect ἤσθιον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
future ἔδομαι (old
present subjunctive of non-thematic stem) [
Refs 8th c.BC+], etc; ἐδοῦμαι late, (προκατ-) [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:
perfect ἐδήδοκα [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Epic dialect participle ἐδηδώς, -υῖα, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
pluperfect ἐδηδόκειν [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] —
middle,
aorist 1 ἠδεσάμην (κατ-) [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—
passive, ἐσθίομαι [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
aorist 1 ἠδέσθην variant in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
perfect ἐδήδεσμαι (κατ-) [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular ἐδήδοται [
Refs 8th c.BC+] — The
aorist 2 and later also the
future are supplied by φαγ- (see. φαγεῖν); in
Ionic dialect and Hellenistic Greek the
perfect is βέβρωκα βέβρωμαι,
aorist passive ἐβρώθη; in late Greek the
present is τρώγω:—
eat, ἐσθιέμεν καὶ πινέμεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ ἐσθίοντα ἐν στρατιᾷ the
ration-strength, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
eat of, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals,
devour, ἤσθιε δ᾽ ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
consume, βίοτον καὶ κτήματ᾽ ἔδονται [
Refs 8th c.BC+] —
passive, ἐσθίεταί μοι οἶκος my house
is eaten up, I am
eaten out of house and home,[
Refs]
2)
metaphorically, πάντας πῦρ ἐσθίει the fire
devours all, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of an
eating sore, [
Refs 4th c.BC+] —
passive, ὀδόντες ἐσθιόμενοι
decayed teeth, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐσθιόμενα
eroded parts of the bowel, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
fret, vex, ἐ. ἑαυτόν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὴν χελύνην ὑπ᾽ ὀργῆς
to bite the lip,[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
4)
take in one's mouth, γλῶτταν αὐλοῦ [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]