noun · feminine
brōsias
Strong’sG1035
eating, food, a meal, rust
stem brōsi-11 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
βρῶσις, -εως, ἡ (cf. βιβρώσκω),
[in LXX chiefly for parts and derivatives of אכל;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1035 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbro'-sis
(abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom the base of G977;
King Jameseating, food, meat.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Epic dialect βρώσ-ιος Refs 8th c.BC+: (βιβρώσκω):— meat, opposed to πόσις, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 pasture, προβάτων Refs 2nd c.AD+
II eating, παίδων Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 taste, flavour, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II.3 corrosion, rust, NT; decay, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | brōsias4×βρῶσις | brōsiais |
| object accusative | brōsian4×βρῶσιν | brōsiain |
| direct address vocative | brōsiar | brōsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | brōsiau2×βρώσεως | brōsiaiu |
| to, for dative | brōsia1×βρώσει | brōsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
brōsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
brōsias“rust”subjectnominative singular4×
Matthew 6:19… epi tau gēau, hopou sētos kai brōsias afanizatō, kai hopou kleptois diorussalō kai …… treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in …
Matthew 6:20… en ourano, hopou oute sētos oute brōsias afanizatō, kai hopou kleptois ouk diorussalō …… treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves …
John 6:55tas gar sarkas mu alēthas atō brōsias, kai tem haimem mu alēthas atō …For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
Romans 14:17… gar atō tas basileias tou theou brōsias kai posias, alla dikaiosunas kai eirēnas …… God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace …
brōsian“food”objectaccusative singular4×
John 4:32tos de legata autoi; Mis brōsian echamō esthiara han vis ouk oidavē.But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing …
John 6:27ergazovōr mē tan brōsian tan apolorōntan alla tan brōsian tan …… for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which …
John 6:27… tan brōsian tan apolorōntan alla tan brōsian tan menarōntan eis zōan aiōnian, han …Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that …
2 Corinthians 9:10… sporon to sperarōnto kai arton eis brōsian chorēgati kai plēthunati ton sporon vu …… to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store …
brōsiau“meal”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
1 Corinthians 8:4Peri tau brōsiau oun teiu eidōlothuteiu oidanē hoti oudenem …So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know …
Hebrews 12:16… ē bebēlos hōs Ēsau, hos anti brōsiau henau apodōeta teim prōtotokieim heautou.… like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
brōsia“food”to, fordative singular1×
Colossians 2:16“food”Mē oun tinos vin krinatōr en brōsia ē en posia ē en mere …Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard …