Greek word · G1034

βρώσιμος

brōsimos

edible

Edible, fit to eat, 'something to eat'. A concrete, everyday word.

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

βρώσιμος, -ον

(βρῶσις), [in LXX: Leviticus 19:23, Nehemiah 9:25, Ezekiel 47:12 (מַאֲכָל)* ;]

eatable: Luke 24:41.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Luke 24:41

Range of meaning

Edible, fit to eat, 'something to eat'. A concrete, everyday word.

Against the English

KJV has 'any meat'. In 1611 'meat' meant food of any kind, but a modern reader hears 'flesh'. The answer in v.42 is fish, so 'meat' misleads twice.

How it drifted

English 'meat' narrowed from 'food in general' to 'animal flesh' over the 17th to 19th centuries.

Used elsewhere in the period

This is its only appearance in the New Testament. In the Septuagint: Lev 19:23 ('every tree for food', ξύλον βρώσιμον); Ezek 47:12 (trees 'for food' by the temple river); Neh 9:25. Words from the same root (βρῶσις, βρῶμα) are standard words for food.

Where it appears

Luke · 1

  1. Luke 24:41 βρώσιμον to eat

    While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”

    Here: 'Something edible.' This is the only place the word appears in the New Testament. It is a plain, physical word: food a body can eat.

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