To eat
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G5176 is an eating verb that John concentrates in the bread-of-life discourse and then uses once in the betrayal setting. In John 6, the form describes the one who eats, feeds on, or partakes of Jesus' flesh and drinks His blood.
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G5176 is an eating verb that John concentrates in the bread-of-life discourse and then uses once in the betrayal setting. In John 6, the form describes the one who eats, feeds on, or partakes of Jesus' flesh and drinks His blood.
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include eats (3), eating (1), feeds on (1), shares (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 24:38. Its strongest book concentrations include John (5), Matthew (1).
G5176 is an eating verb that John concentrates in the bread-of-life discourse and then uses once in the betrayal setting. In John 6, the form describes the one who eats, feeds on, or partakes of Jesus' flesh and drinks His blood. The language is vivid and must be governed by Jesus' own claims about life, resurrection, abiding, and the living Father. It should not be reduced to a crude image, nor should it be used as a lexical shortcut that bypasses the passage's call to faith in Jesus.
In John 13, the one sharing Jesus' bread lifts his heel against Him, so shared table language can also expose betrayal. The word helps teachers handle reception, union, and treachery with textual care.
G5176 appears in John 6 for eating or feeding on Jesus in the bread-of-life discourse, and in John 13 for the one who shares Jesus' bread while betraying Him.
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Whoever eats Jesus' flesh and drinks His blood has eternal life and will be raised at the last day. The word is tied to life and resurrection promise.
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
Whoever eats Jesus' flesh and drinks His blood remains in Him, and He in that person. Eating language is joined to abiding union.
Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
The one who feeds on Jesus will live because of Him, as Jesus lives because of the living Father. The word stands inside the Father-Son life relation.
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
The one who eats this bread will live forever, unlike the fathers who ate manna and died. The verb marks the contrast between manna and living bread.
I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
The one who shares Jesus' bread lifts his heel against Him. Table sharing does not guarantee loyalty when the heart is set on betrayal.
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Greek word. Eating with emphasis on the act of chewing or consuming; in John's Gospel, spiritual appropriation of Christ's flesh and blood
Eating with emphasis on the act of chewing or consuming; in John's Gospel, spiritual appropriation of Christ's flesh and blood
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
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τρώγω is built from these roots:
Emphasizes ongoing participation in Christ through faith. John 6:41–59
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G5176 matters because John uses eating language to speak of real reception of Jesus, not casual admiration. In John 6, the verb stands in sentences about eternal life, resurrection at the last day, abiding in Christ, and living because of Him. The imagery is deliberately weighty, but its meaning is controlled by the discourse and by faith in the Son. In John 13, the same field of shared bread is darkened by betrayal, reminding readers that nearness to the table is not the same as faithful allegiance.
Teachers should preserve both truths: Christ gives life to those who receive Him, and outward nearness can still hide treachery.
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G5176 can describe eating or feeding. In John 6, its repeated participial form highlights the one who receives Jesus in the discourse's own terms.
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