- Transliteration: Esthio

- Phonetic: es-thee'-o

- Definition:

1. to eat

2. to eat (consume) a thing

a. to take food, eat a meal

3. metaph. to devour, consume

- Origin: "strengthened for a primary edo (to eat); used only in certain tenses, the rest being supplied by G5315" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5315"

- TDNT entry: 13:29,3

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: strengthened for a primary word ἔδω edō (to eat); used only in certain tenses the rest being supplied by G5315" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5315; to eat (usually literally): - devour eat live.