Quick Definition
βιβρώσκω v. I eat
Strong's Definition
a reduplicated and prolonged form of an obsolete primary verb (perhaps causative of 1006); to eat
KJV Usage: eat
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | pf.ptc. βεβρωκώς | βρῶμα · βρώσιμος · βρῶσις · σητόβρωτος · σκωληκόβρωτος
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βιβρώσκω bibrōskō 1x
to eat, Jn. 6:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βιβρώσκω, poët, and late prose,
[in LXX for אכל;]
to eat: Jo 6:13.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βιβρώσκω (bibrōskō) — to eat. βιβρώσκω, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] · βρώσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist ἔβρωσα (ἀν-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; infinitive βρῶξαι (κατα-) Epic. in [Refs]: Epic dialect aorist 2 ἔβρων [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect βέβρωκα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; syncopated. participle βεβρώς, ῶτος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; optative βεβρώθοις, as iffrom perfect βέβρωθα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, present, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:future βρωθήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect βέβρωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐβέβρωτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]—In Ionic dialect Prose and [Refs]:—eat, eat up, βεβρωκὼς κακὰ φάρμακ᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν βεβρ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, eat of a thing, [λέων] βεβρωκὼς βοός [NT+8th c.BC+]:—passive, to be eaten, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of teeth, decay, [Refs]; χρήματα δ᾽ αὖτε κακῶς βεβρώοεται will be devoured, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βεβρωμένοι ἄρτοι mouldy bread, [LXX]; ῥίζα βεβρ. worm-eaten, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; to be bitten, ὑπὸ τῶν κροκοδείλων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]