Skip to content
mannafest.faith

Greek verb · G5315

φάγω

phagofag'-o

to eat

93 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: phágō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5315is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 21
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G5315

to eat (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: eat, meat.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

phago is rendered "to eat". It stands 93 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.

  • Twenty-one of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.

The first use

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

Matthew 6:25φάγητε

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in eleven of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 16 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • to eat32
  • ate9
  • do eat5
  • you may eat5
  • may eat4
  • they ate4
  • I may eat3
  • they may eat3
  • He ate2
  • shall I eat2
  • we shall eat2
  • did he eat1

and 21 more, 93 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 93, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

21 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • φαγεῖν30
  • ἔφαγον13
  • φάγωσιν6
  • φάγητε5
  • φάγω5
  • φάγωμεν5
  • ἔφαγεν4
  • φάγε4
  • φάγῃ4
  • ἐφάγομεν2
  • φαγεῖν;¶2
  • φαγεῖν.¶2

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)34V-AAN
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural11V-AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural6V-AAS-3P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person plural5V-AAS-1P
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular5V-AAS-1S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural5V-AAS-2P
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular4V-AAM-2S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular4V-AAS-3S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural2V-AAI-1P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-AAP-NPM

Matthew

thirteen uses
  • Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

    Matthew 6:25

    • φάγητεphageteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may eat
  • Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

    Matthew 6:31

    • φάγωμενphagomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: shall we eat
  • He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.

    Matthew 12:4

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they ate
    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • “They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”

    Matthew 14:16

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

    Matthew 14:20

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: ate
  • These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”

    Matthew 15:20

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

    Matthew 15:32

    • φάγωσινphagosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may eat
  • They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

    Matthew 15:37

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: ate
  • For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,

    Matthew 25:35

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,

    Matthew 25:42

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

    Matthew 26:17

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”

    Matthew 26:26

    • φάγετεphageteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do eat

Mark

sixteen uses
  • During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”

    Mark 2:26

    • ἔφαγενephagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: ate
    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

    Mark 3:20

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • Then Jesus gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.

    Mark 5:43

    • φαγεῖν.¶phageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

    Mark 6:31

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

    Mark 6:36

    • φάγωσινphagosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may eat
  • But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”

    Mark 6:37

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
    • φαγεῖν;¶phageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • They all ate and were satisfied,

    Mark 6:42

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: ate
  • And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.

    Mark 6:44

    • φαγόντεςphagontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having eaten of
  • In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,

    Mark 8:1

    • φάγωσινphagosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may eat
  • “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

    Mark 8:2

    • φάγωσινphagosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may eat
  • The people ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

    Mark 8:8

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they ate
  • Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.

    Mark 11:14

    • φάγοιphagoiverb · aorist active, optative · 3rd person singulartagged: would eat
  • On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

    Mark 14:12

    • φάγῃςphagesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: You may eat
  • and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’

    Mark 14:14

    • φάγωphagoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may eat

Luke

twenty-one uses
  • where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

    Luke 4:2

    • ἔφαγενephagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He ate
  • He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”

    Luke 6:4

    • ἔφαγενephagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: ate
    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • Then one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.

    Luke 7:36

    • φάγῃphageverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may eat
  • Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.

    Luke 8:55

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

    Luke 9:13

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

    Luke 9:17

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they ate
  • Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

    Luke 12:19

    • φάγεphageverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do eat
  • Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

    Luke 12:22

    • φάγητεphageteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may eat
  • And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.

    Luke 12:29

    • φάγητεphageteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may eat
  • Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

    Luke 13:26

    • ἐφάγομενephagomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: We ate
  • One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.

    Luke 14:1

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”

    Luke 14:15

    • φάγεταιphagetaiverb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will eat
  • Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

    Luke 15:23

    • φαγόντεςphagontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having eaten
  • Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’?

    Luke 17:8

    • φάγωphagoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may eat
    • φάγεσαιphagesaiverb · future middle, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will eat
  • Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover.”

    Luke 22:8

    • φάγωμενphagomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we may eat
  • and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’

    Luke 22:11

    • φάγωphagoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may eat
  • And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

    Luke 22:15

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

    Luke 22:16

    • φάγωphagoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: shall I eat
  • and He took it and ate it in front of them.

    Luke 24:43

    • ἔφαγεν.¶ephagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He ate

John

fifteen uses
  • Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

    John 4:31

    • φάγεphageverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do eat
  • But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

    John 4:32

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

    John 4:33

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

    John 6:5

    • φάγωσινphagosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may eat
  • However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

    John 6:23

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they ate
  • Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

    John 6:26

    • ἐφάγετεephageteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you ate
  • Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

    John 6:31

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: ate
    • φαγεῖν.¶phageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat.’
  • Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

    John 6:49

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: ate
  • This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

    John 6:50

    • φάγῃphageverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may eat
  • I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

    John 6:51

    • φάγῃphageverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall have eaten
  • At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

    John 6:52

    • φαγεῖν;¶phageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

    John 6:53

    • φάγητεphageteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall have eaten
  • This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

    John 6:58

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: ate
  • Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

    John 18:28

    • φάγωσινphagosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: may eat

Acts

six uses
  • For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.

    Acts 9:9

    • ἔφαγενephagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: did he eat
  • Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

    Acts 10:13

    • φάγεphageverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do eat
  • “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

    Acts 10:14

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I ate
  • Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

    Acts 11:7

    • φάγεphageverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do eat
  • When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

    Acts 23:12

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

    Acts 23:21

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat

Romans

three uses
  • For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

    Romans 14:2

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

    Romans 14:21

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

    Romans 14:23

    • φάγῃphageverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he shall eat

1 Corinthians

ten uses
  • But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

    1 Corinthians 8:8

    • φάγωμενphagomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall eat
    • φάγωμενphagomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall eat
  • Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.

    1 Corinthians 8:13

    • φάγωphagoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: shall I eat
  • Have we no right to food and to drink?

    1 Corinthians 9:4

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • They all ate the same spiritual food

    1 Corinthians 10:3

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: ate
  • Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”

    1 Corinthians 10:7

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

    1 Corinthians 11:20

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.

    1 Corinthians 11:21

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: eating
  • So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

    1 Corinthians 11:33

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

    1 Corinthians 15:32

    • φάγωμενphagomenverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: Let us eat

2 Thessalonians

one use
  • nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

    2 Thessalonians 3:8

    • ἐφάγομενephagomenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: did we eat

Hebrews

one use
  • We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

    Hebrews 13:10

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat

James

one use
  • Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

    James 5:3

    • φάγεταιphagetaiverb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it will eat

Revelation

six uses
  • He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

    Revelation 2:7

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

    Revelation 2:14

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

    Revelation 2:20

    • φαγεῖνphageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to eat
  • So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.

    Revelation 10:10

    • ἔφαγονephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I had eaten
  • And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

    Revelation 17:16

    • φάγονταιphagontaiverb · future middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will eat
  • so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”

    Revelation 19:18

    • φάγητεphageteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may eat

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

Revised 2026-09-05. Every cited work, the sources registry →