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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - τρώγω

τρώγω

G5176

Transliteration: trṓgō

Pronunciation: tro'-go

Definition: eat


- Original: τρώγω

- Transliteration: Trogo

- Phonetic: tro'-go

- Definition:

1. to gnaw, crunch, chew raw vegetables or fruits (as nuts, almonds)

a. of animals feeding

b. of men

2. to eat

- Origin: probably strengthened from a collateral form of the base of G5134" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5134 and G5147" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5147 through the idea of corrosion or wear, or perhaps rather of a base of G5167" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5167 and G5149" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5149 through the idea of a crunching sound

- TDNT entry: 11:56,1

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Probably strengthened from a collateral form of the base of G5134" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5134 and G5147" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5147 through the idea of corrosion or wear; or perhaps rather of a base of G5167" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5167 and G5149" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5149 through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew that is (genitive case) to eat: - eat.


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