# G2068 ἐσθίω

ἐσθίω (esthíō), Strong’s G2068: used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315 (φάγω); to eat (usually literal) KJV: devour, eat, live. Occurs 696 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2068 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*esthíō* — used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315 (φάγω); to eat (usually literal)

KJV: devour, eat, live

Occurs 696 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 9:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/9?v=11) — When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your rabbi eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- [Matthew 11:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/11?v=18) — For Yochanan came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
- [Matthew 11:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/11?v=19) — The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax…
- [Matthew 12:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=1) — At that time, Yeshua went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck…
- [Matthew 14:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/14?v=21) — Those who ate were about five thousand men, in addition to women and children.
- [Matthew 15:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=2) — “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”
- [Matthew 15:27](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=27) — But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
- [Matthew 15:38](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=38) — Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
- [Matthew 24:49](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/24?v=49) — and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
- [Matthew 26:21](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/26?v=21) — As they were eating, he said, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”