- Original: βρῶσις - Transliteration: Brosis - Phonetic: bro'-sis - Definition: 1. act of eating a. in a wider sense, corrosion 2. that which is eaten, food, ailment a. of the soul's food, either which refreshes the soul, or nourishes and supports it - Origin: from the base of G977 - TDNT entry: 11:42,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From the base of G977 ; (abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively): - eating food meat. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • eating, 1 1 Corinthians 8:4 • food, 1 2 Corinthians 9:10 • meat, 3 Romans 14:17; Colossians 2:16; Hebrews 12:16