Meat

"food" (akin to bibrosko, "to eat," John 6:13 ), solid food in contrast to milk, is translated "food" in Matthew 14:15 , RV (AV, "victuals"); "meats," Mark 7:19; 1—Corinthians 6:13 (twice); 1—Timothy 4:3; Hebrews 9:10; 13:9; "meat," John 4:34; Romans 14:15 (twice),20; 1—Corinthians 3:2; 8:8,13; 10:3; "food," RV, for AV, "meat," Luke 3:11; 9:13 .

akin to No. 1, denotes (a) "the act of eating," 1—Corinthians 8:4 (see EAT); (b) "food," translated "meat" in John 4:32 (for ver. 34, see No. 1); 6:27 (twice, the second time metaphorically, of spiritual food); 6:55, RV, marg., "(true) meat;" Romans 14:17 , AV, "meat," RV, "eating;" Colossians 2:16; in Hebrews 12:16 , RV, "mess of meat," AV, "morsel of meat;" in 2—Corinthians 9:10 , "food;" in Matthew 6:19,20 , "rust." See EAT , EATING , B.

"eatable," Luke 24:41 , AV, "any meat" (RV, "anything to eat"). See EAT , C.

"nourishment, food," is translated "meat" in the AV (RV "food") except in two instances. See FOOD , No. 1.

"to eat," is used as a noun, in the infinitive mood, and translated "meat" in Matthew 25:35,42 (lit., "to eat"); in Luke 8:55 the RV translates it literally, "to eat" (AV, "meat"). See EAT , No. 2.

"a table" (Eng., "trapeze"), is used, by metonymy, of "the food on the table," in Acts 16:34 (RV, marg., "a table") and translated "meat;" cp. "table" in Romans 11:9; 1—Corinthians 10:21 . See TABLE.