Dictionary entry

χορτάζω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

χορτάζω

(< χόρτος), [in LXX for שׂבע, Ps 16 (17):14 al.;]

(a) prop., of animals (v. Lft. on Phl 4:12), to feed, fatten: Re 19:21;

(b) in late Gk. (Kennedy, Sources, 82, 156), of persons, to fill or satisfy with food: c. acc. pers., Mt 15:33; pass., Mt 14:2015:37, Mk 6:427:278:8, Lk 9:17, Jo 6:26, Ja 2:16; opp. to πεινᾶν, Phl 4:12; c. gen. rei, Mk 8:4; ἀπό, Lk 16:21; ἐκ, Lk 15:16, WH, txt.,; metaph., Mt 5:6, Lk 6:21.†