brosis denotes eating or food in meals, dietary matters, and provision, with a destructive use alongside moth in Matthew.

The predominant use concerns eating or food in dietary discussion, meals, and provision: it occurs with idol-offered food, bread, food and drink, a single meal, and food contrasted as perishing or remaining. A rarer use in Matthew places it beside moth as something that destroys earthly treasure.

1. Food and eating in dietary or meal contexts · dominant

   The forms occur in clauses about eating idol-offered items in 1 Corinthians 8:4, bread supplied for eating in 2 Corinthians 9:10, and judgment concerning food and drink in Colossians 2:16. They also occur where a birthright is exchanged for a single meal in Hebrews 12:16, where food is contrasted with drinking in Romans 14:17, and where Jesus speaks of food unknown to his hearers in John 4:32.

   1 Corinthians 8:42 Corinthians 9:10Colossians 2:16Hebrews 12:16John 4:32Romans 14:17
2. Eating as a destroying force · occasional

   In Matthew 6:19 and Matthew 6:20, the nominative singular form is joined with moth in clauses about what destroys earthly treasure and what does not destroy treasure in heaven. The APB renders the clause with “moth and eating destroy,”.

   Matthew 6:19Matthew 6:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “eating,” “food,” and “meal” across the supplied verses; John 6:27 uses “food” in its contrast, while Matthew 6:19 and Matthew 6:20 say “eating” destroys. These are renderings of whole translated clauses rather than definitions.