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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1035 - βρῶσις

Transliteration

brōsis

Phonetics

bro'-sis

Origin

from the base of (G977)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

1:642,111

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

act of eating
1. in a wider sense, corrosion
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);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (11)

Matthew 2

John 4

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

BSB (11)

Matthew 2

John 4

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

CSB (11)

Matthew 2

John 4

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

ESV (11)

Matthew 2

John 4

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

KJV (11)

Matthew 2

John 4

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (11)

Matthew 2

John 4

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

N95 (11)

Matthew 2

John 4

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

NAS (11)

Matthew 2

John 4

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

NLT (10)

Matthew 2

John 5

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

WEB (11)

Matthew 2

John 4

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

YLT (11)

Matthew 2

John 4

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 1

2 Corinthians 1

Colossians 1

Hebrews 1

ASV (11)

eating 1

food 1

for the food 2

meat 3

mess of meat 1

rust 2

the eating 1

BSB (11)

eating 2

food 5

meal 1

rust 2

what you eat 1

CSB (11)

eating 2

food 4

meal 1

rust 2

the food 2

ESV (11)

eating 2

food 6

meal 1

rust 2

KJV (11)

eating 1

food 1

meat 7

rust 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (11)

eating 2

food 6

meal 1

rust 2

N95 (11)

eating 2

food 6

meal 1

rust 2

NAS (11)

eating 2

food 6

meal 1

rust 2

NLT (10)

eat 3

eating 1

food 3

meal 1

rust 2

WEB (11)

eating 2

food 3

for the food 2

meal 1

rust 2

the eating 1

YLT (11)

eating 3

food 5

morsel of food 1

rust 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

ANT

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

BEZ

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

BGB

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

BMT

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

BYZ

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

ELZ

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

NA26

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

SBL

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

SCV

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

STV

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

TIS

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

TRG

N-ASF 4

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 2

N-NSF 4

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

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.).

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, ἡ (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 ἤ) 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.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

βρῶσις , -εως , ἡ (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).

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