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Strong's #1035 - βρῶσις

Transliteration
brōsis
Phonetics
bro'-sis
Origin
from the base of (G977)
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TDNT
1:642,111
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. act of eating
    1. in a wider sense, corrosion
  2. that which is eaten, food, ailment
    1. of the soul's food, either which refreshes the soul, or nourishes and supports it
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 396 ‑ אֲכִילָה (ak‑ee‑law');  398 ‑ אָכַל (aw‑kal');  1262 ‑ בָּרָה (baw‑raw');  3898 ‑ לָחַם (law‑kham');  4356 ‑ מִכְלָה (mik‑law‑aw', mik‑law');  6310 ‑ פֶּה (peh);  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

βρῶσις, εως, ἡ,

βρώμ-ιος Hes. Th. 797: (βιβρώσκω):

1. meat, opp. πόσις, Od. 15.490, cf. Hp. Acut. 28, X. Mem. 1.3.15, Pl. Lg. 783c: in pl., opp. πόσεις, Democr. 235; β. ἀναγκαία Th. 2.70.

2. pasture, προβάτων PLips. 118.15 (ii A. D.).

II

1. eating, παίδων Pl. R. 619c; ἐρινὸς ἀχρεῖος ὢν ἐς βρῶσιν S. Fr. 181.

2. taste, flavour, Nic. Al. 377.

3. corrosion, rust, Matthew 6:19; decay, Gal. 6.422 (pl.), 12.879.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

βρῶσις, βρώσεως, (βρόω, βιβρώσκω);

1. the act of eating (Tertullian esus): βρῶσις καί πόσις, Romans 14:17 (on which see βασιλεία, 3); with the genitive of the object 1 Corinthians 8:4 (Plato, de rep. 10, p. 619 c. παίδων αὐτοῦ); in a wider sense, corrosion: Matthew 6:19f.

2. as almost everywhere in Greek writings that which is eaten, food, aliment: Hebrews 12:16; εἰς βρῶσιν for food, 2 Corinthians 9:10 (Wis. 4:5); βρῶσις καί (so WH text Tr marginal reading; others ) πόσις, Colossians 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, John 4:32, or nourishes and supports it unto life eternal, John 6:27, 55.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

βρῶσις , -εως , (cf. βιβρώσκω ),

[in LXX chiefly for parts and derivatives of H398;]

1. eating: β . καὶ πόσις , Romans 14:17, Colossians 2:16 (v. Lft., ICC, in l); c. gen. obj., 1 Corinthians 8:4; metaph., corrosion, rust: Matthew 6:19; Matthew 6:28.

2. As also in cl. (Rom., al.) = βρῶμα , food: John 6:27 a, 2 Corinthians 9:10 Colossians 2:16 (EV, but v. supr.), Hebrews 12:16; metaph., of spiritual nourishment, John 4:32; John 6:27 b, John 6:55.†


Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Lond 1223.9 (A.D. 121) (= III. p. 139) χόρτ ̣ο (ν ) εἰς μὲν ̣ β ̣ρ ̣ῶσ [ιν ] προβάτ (ων ), ";fodder for the pasturing of sheep"; : so P Lips I. 118.15 (A.D. 160–1).

 

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
βρώμα βρωσει βρώσει βρωσεως βρώσεως βρωσιν βρώσιν βρῶσιν βρωσις βρώσις βρῶσις βρωτόν brosei brōsei brṓsei broseos brōseōs brṓseos brṓseōs brosin brôsin brōsin brō̂sin brosis brôsis brōsis brō̂sis
 
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