φάγομαιHellenistic for cl. ἔδομαι, see: ἐσθίω.
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)