Strong's Lexicon
G5176 — τρώγω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5176 |
|---|---|
| Word: | τρώγω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | probably strengthened from a collateral form of the base of G5134 and G5147 through the idea of corrosion or wear, or perhaps rather of a base of G5167 and G5149 through the idea of a craunching sound |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | trogo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | tro'-go |
| Meaning: | 1. to gnaw or chew 2. (generally) to eat |
| KJV Renderings: | eat |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τρώγω; to gnaw, crunch, chew raw vegetables or fruits (as nuts, almonds, etc.): ἄγρωστιν, of mules, Homer, Odyssey 6, 90, and often in other writers of animals feeding; also of men from Herodotus down (as σῦκα, Herodotus 1, 71; βότρυς, Aristophanes eqq. 1077; blackberries, the Epistle of Barnabas 7, 8 [ET] (where see Harnack, Cunningham, Müller); κρόμυον, μετά δεῖπνον, Xenophon, conv. 4, 8); universally, to eat: absolutely, (δύο τρώγομεν ἀδελφοί, we mess together, Polybius 32, 9, 9) joined with πίνειν, Mat 24:38 (so also Demosthenes, p. 402, 21; Plutarch, symp. 1, 1, 2; Ev. Nicod. c. 15, p. 640, Thilo edition (p. 251 Tdf. edition)); τόν ἄρτον, Joh 13:18 (see ἄρτος 2 and ἐσθίω b.); figuratively, Joh 6:58; τήν σάρκα, the ’flesh’ of Christ (see σάρξ, 1), Joh 6:54; Joh 6:56 f.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
τρώγω (eat)
Matthew 24:38
- KJV: For 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
- GK: ώσπερ γαρ ήσαν εν ταις ημέραις ταις προ του κατακλυσμού τρώγοντες και πίνοντες γαμούντες και εκγαμίζοντες άχρι ης ημέρας εισήλθε Νώε εις την κιβωτόν
John 6:54
- KJV: Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day
- GK: ο τρώγων μου την σάρκα και πίνων μου το αίμα έχει ζωήν αιώνιον και εγώ αναστήσω αυτόν τη εσχάτη ημέρα
John 6:56
- KJV: He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me and I in him
- GK: ο τρώγων μου την σάρκα και πίνων μου το αίμα εν εμοί μένει καγώ εν αυτώ
John 6:57
- KJV: As the living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father so he that eateth me even he shall live by me
- GK: καθώς απέστειλέ με ο ζών πατήρ καγώ ζω διά τον πατέρα και ο τρώγων με κάκεινος ζήσεται δι΄ εμέ
John 6:58
- KJV: This 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
- GK: ούτός εστιν ο άρτος ο εκ του ουρανού καταβάς ου καθώς έφαγον οι πατέρες υμών το μάννα και απέθανον ο τρώγων τούτον τον άρτον ζήσεται εις τον αιώνα
John 13:18
- KJV: I 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
- GK: ου περί πάντων υμών λέγω εγώ οίδα ους εξελεξάμην αλλ΄ ίνα η γραφή πληρωθή ο τρώγων μετ΄ εμού τον άρτον επήρεν επ΄ εμέ την πτέρναν αυτού