Strong's G5176 · Greek

τρώγω

trogo · tro'-go

probably strengthened from a collateral form of the base of 5134 and 5147 through the idea of corrosion or wear; or perhaps rather of a base of 5167 and 5149 through the idea of a craunching sound; to gnaw or chew, i.e. (generally) to eat

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

τρώγω (G5176)

6 * τρώγω prop., of animals, to gnaw, munch, crunch (Hom., al.). Of men, to eat raw food, as vegetables, nuts, etc. (Hdt., al.). In late vernacular, simply to eat (= ἐσθίω ): Mt 24:38 , Jo 6:54 , 56 , 57 , 58 13:18 (LXX ἐσθίων ) (v. Kennedy, Sources , 82, 155; MM, xxv).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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