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βρῶσις

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Gloss: eating

Transliteration: brōsis

Strong’s: G1035

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.†
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