Strong's Lexicon
G1035 — βρῶσις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1035 |
|---|---|
| Word: | βρῶσις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from the base of G977 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 11 |
| Transliteration: | brosis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bro`-sis |
| Meaning: | 1. (abstractly) eating 2. (by extension, concretely) food {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | eating, food, meat |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βρῶσις, βρώσεως, ἡ (βρόω, βιβρώσκω);
1. the act of eating (Tertullianesus): βρῶσις καί πόσις, Rom 14:17 (on which see βασιλεία, 3); with the genitive of the object 1Co 8:4 (Plato, de rep. 10, p. 619 c. παίδων αὐτοῦ); in a wider sense, corrosion: Mat 6:19 f.
2. as almost everywhere in Greek writings that which is eaten, food, aliment: Heb 12:16; εἰς βρῶσιν for food, 2Co 9:10 (Wis 4:5); βρῶσις καί (so WH text Tr marginal reading; others ἤ) πόσις, Col 2:16 (Homer, Odyssey 1, 191; Plato, legg. 6, 783{c}; Xenophon, mem. 1, 3, 15; (cf. Fritzsche on Romans iii., p. 200 note; per contra Meyer or Ellicott on Colossians, the passage cited)), used of the soups aliment — either that which refreshes it, Joh 4:32, or nourishes and supports it unto life eternal, Joh 6:27; Joh 6:55.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
βρῶσις (eating)
Matthew 6:19
- KJV: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thieves break through and steal
- GK: μη θησαυρίζετε υμίν θησαυρούς επί της γης όπου σης και βρώσις αφανίζει και όπου κλέπται διορύσσουσι και κλέπτουσι
Matthew 6:20
- KJV: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal
- GK: θησαυρίζετε δε υμίν θησαυρούς εν ουρανώ όπου ούτε σης ούτε βρώσις αφανίζει και όπου κλέπται ου διορύσσουσιν ουδέ κλέπτουσιν
John 4:32
- KJV: But he said unto them I have meat to eat that ye know not
- GK: ο δε είπεν αυτοίς εγώ βρώσιν έχω φαγείν ην υμείς ουκ οίδατε
John 6:27
- KJV: Labour not for the meat which perisheth but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life which the Son of man shall give unto you for him hath God the Father sealed
- GK: εργάζεσθε μη την βρώσιν την απολλυμένην αλλά την βρώσιν την μένουσαν εις ζωήν αιώνιον ην ο υιός του ανθρώπου υμίν δώσει τούτον γαρ ο πατήρ εσφράγισεν ο θεός
John 6:55
- KJV: For my flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drink indeed
- GK: η γαρ σάρξ μου αληθώς εστι βρώσις και το αίμά μου αληθώς εστι πόσις
Romans 14:17
- KJV: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost
- GK: ου γαρ εστιν η βασιλεία του θεού βρώσις και πόσις αλλά δικαιοσύνη και ειρήνη και χαρά εν πνεύματι αγίω
1 Corinthians 8:4
- KJV: As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols we know that an idol nothing in the world and that none other God but one
- GK: περί της βρώσεως ούν των ειδωλοθύτων οίδαμεν ότι ουδέν είδωλον εν κόσμω και ότι ουδείς θεός έτερος ει εις
2 Corinthians 9:10
- KJV: Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for food and multiply your seed sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness
- GK: ο δε επιχορηγών σπέρμα τω σπείροντι και άρτον εις βρώσιν χορηγήσαι και πληθύναι τον σπόρον υμών και αυξήσαι τα γενήματα της δικαιοσύνης υμών
Colossians 2:16
- KJV: Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink or in respect of an holyday or of the new moon or of the sabbath
- GK: μη ουν τις υμάς κρινέτω εν βρώσει η εν πόσει η εν μέρει εορτής η νουμηνίας η σαββάτων
Hebrews 12:16
- KJV: Lest there any fornicator or profane person as Esau who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright
- GK: μη τις πόρνος η βέβηλος ως Ησαύ ος αντί βρώσεως μιάς απέδοτο τα πρωτοτόκια αυτού