Brōsis βρῶσις

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Brōsis
βρῶσις
Transliterationbrōsis
Strong's numberG1035
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosseating
Occurrences11 in 10 verses
Most frequent inJohn (3)

Brōsis (Greek βρῶσις, Strong's G1035) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “eating”. It occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

βρῶσις, -εως, ἡ (cf. βιβρώσκω),
[in LXX chiefly for parts and derivatives of אכל ;]
1. eating: β. καὶ πόσις, Rom.14:17, Col.2:16 (see Lft., ICC, in l.); with genitive obj., 1Co.8:4; metaphorically, corrosion, rust: Mat.6:19, 20.
2. As also in cl. (Hom., al.) = βρῶμα, food: Jhn.6:27a, 2Co.9:10, Col.2:16 (EV, but see supr.). Heb.12:16; metaphorically, of spiritual nourishment, Jhn.4:32 6:27b, 55.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmeat (7), rust (2), eating (1), food (1)
BSBfood (5), rust (2), eating (2), what you eat (1), meal (1)

Verses

Every verse with Brōsis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

John

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Colossians

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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