Meats

Word study

The word meat appears some 281 times in the Bible

Hebrew

0398 ^לכא^ ‘akal \@aw-kal’\@ a primitive root; v; AV-eat 604, devour 111, consume 32, misc 55; 810

1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to eat (human subject)

1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)

1a3) to devour, consume (of fire)

1a4) to devour, slay (of sword)

1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects

i.e., pestilence, drought)

1a6) to devour (of oppression)

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be eaten (by men)

1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire)

1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)

1c) (Pual)

1c1) to cause to eat, feed with

1c2) to cause to devour

1d) (Hiphil)

1d1) to feed

1d2) to cause to eat

1e) (Piel)

1e1) consume

0400 ^לכא^ ‘okel \@o’- kel\@ from 0398; n m; AV- meat 18, food 16, eating 4, victuals 3, prey 2, mealtime + 06256 1; 44

1) food

1a) cereal

1b) meat

2) food supply

3) meal, dinner

0402 ^הלכא^ ‘oklah \@ok-law’\@ from 0401; n f; AV-meat 8, devour 3, fuel 3, eat 2, consume 1, food 1; 18

1) food

1a) food, eating

1b) object of devouring, consuming

1b1) by wild beasts (figurative)

1b2) in fire

1b3) of judgment (figurative)

01279 ^הירב^ biryah \@beer-yaw’\@ from 01262; n f; AV-meat 3; 3

1) food

02964 ^ףרט^ tereph \@teh’- ref\@ from 02963; n m; AV-prey 18, meat 3, leaves 1, spoil 1; 23

1) prey, food, leaf

1a) prey

1b) food

1c) leaf

03899 ^םחל^ lechem \@lekh’- em\@ from 03898; n m; AV-bread 237, food 21, meat 18, shewbread + 06440 5, loaves 5, shewbread + 04635 3, shewbread 2, victuals 2, eat 1, feast 1, fruit 1, provision 1; 297

1) bread, food, grain

1a) bread

1a1) bread

1a2) bread-corn

1b) food (in general)

03978 ^לכאמ^ ma’akal \@mah-ak-awl’\@ from 0398; n m; AV-meat 22, food 5, fruit 1, manner 1, victual 1; 30

1) food, fruit, meat

04202 ^ןוזמ^ mazown \@maw-zone’\@ from 02109; n m; AV-meat 1, victuals 1; 2

1) food, sustenance

04303 ^םעטמ^ mat‘am \@mat-am’\@ or (fem.) ^המעטמ^ mat‘ammah \@mat-am-maw’\@ or (plural) ^םימעטמ^ from 02938; n m; AV-savory meat 6, dainty 2; 8

1) tasty or savory food, delectable food, dainties

04503 ^החנמ^ minchah \@min-khaw’\@ from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; n f; AV-offering 164, present 28, gift 7, oblation 6, sacrifice 5, meat 1; 211

1) gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering

1a) gift, present

1b) tribute

1c) offering (to God)

1d) grain offering

06595 ^תפ^ path \@path\@ from 06626 see 06596; n f; AV-morsel 9, piece 5, meat 1; 15

1) fragment, bit, morsel (of bread), piece

06598 ^גבתפ^ pathbag \@pathbag’\@ of Persian origin; n m; AV-portion of meat 4, meat 2; 6

1) portion of food for king, delicacies

Greek

345 ~ἀνακεῖμαι~ anakeimai \@an-ak-i’-mahee\@ from 303 and 2749; v AV-sit at meat 5, guests 2, sit 2, sit down 1, be set down 1, lie 1, lean 1, at the table 1; 14

1) to lie at a table, eat together, dine

377 ~ἀναπίπτω~ anapipto \@an-ap-ip’-to\@ from 303 and 4098; ; v AV-sit down 7, sit down to meat 2, be set down 1, lean 1; 11

1) to lie back, lie down

2) to recline at a table, to sit back

1033 ~βρῶμα~ broma \@bro’-mah\@ from the base of 977; n n AV-meat 16, victual 1; 17

1) that which is eaten, food

1034 ~βρώσιμος~ brosimos \@bro’-sim-os\@ from 1035; ; adj AV-meat 1; 1

1) eatable

1035 ~βρῶσις~ brosis \@bro’-sis\@ from the base of 977; n f AV-meat 6, rust 2, morsel of meat 1, eating 1, food 1; 11

1) act of eating

1a) in a wider sense, corrosion

2) that which is eaten, food, ailment

2a) of the soul’s food, either which refreshes the soul, or nourishes and supports it

2621 ~κατάκειμαι~ katakeimai \@kat-ak’-i-mahee\@ from 2596 and 2749; v AV-lie 6, sit at meat 3, keep 1, sat down + 2258 1; 11

1) to have lain down, i.e. to lie prostrate

1a) of the sick

1b) of those at meals, to recline

4371 ~προσφάγιον~ prosphagion \@pros-fag’-ee-on\@ from a presumed derivative of a compound of 4314 and 5315; ; n n AV-meat 1; 1

1) anything eaten with bread

1a) spoken of fish boiled or broiled

4620 ~σιτόμετρον~ sitometron \@sit-om’-et-ron\@ from 4621 and 3358; ; n n AV-portion of meat 1; 1 1) a measured ‘portion of’ grain or ‘food’

4873 ~συνανάκειμαι~ sunanakeimai \@soon-an-ak’-i-mahee\@ from 4862 and 345;v AV-sit at meat with 4, sit with 2, sit together with 1, sit down with 1, sit at table with 1; 9

1) to recline together, feast together

1a) of guests

5160 ~τροφή~ trophe \@trof-ay’\@ from 5142; ; n f AV-meat 11, food 2, some meat 2, not tr 1; 16

1) food, nourishment

5315 ~φάγω~ phago \@fag’-o\@ a primary verb (used as an alternate of 2068 in certain tenses); ; v AV-eat 94, meat 3; 97

1) to eat

2) to eat (consume) a thing

2a) to take food, eat a meal

2b) metaph. to devour, consume