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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #1035 - βρῶσις

Transliteration

brōsis

Phonetics

bro'-sis

Origin

from the base of (G977)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

1:642,111

Definition

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

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

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

KJV (11)

Matthew

John

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Colossians

Hebrews

NAS (11)

Matthew

John

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Colossians

Hebrews

HCS (11)

Matthew

John

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Colossians

Hebrews

BSB (11)

Matthew

John

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Colossians

Hebrews

ESV (11)

Matthew

John

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Colossians

Hebrews

WEB (11)

Matthew

John

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Colossians

Hebrews

Verse Results

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.

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

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