Lexicon
κρέας
kreas
G2907
G:N-N Greek

meat

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kreas refers to food abstained from so that a fellow believer is not caused to stumble.

The attested use concerns food that a speaker declines to eat for the sake of a brother: both verses place the accusative plural form with eating and connect abstention with avoiding another’s stumbling or weakness.

Senses in use

  1. Food declined to avoid harming a brother · dominant

    In 1 Corinthians 8:13, κρέα is the accusative plural object in the resolve not to eat when food causes a brother to stumble; the APB renders the clause “I will never eat meat again.” Romans 14:21 likewise places κρέα among what it is good not to eat or drink when a brother might stumble, be offended, or be made weak; the APB renders “not to eat meat or drink wine.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the relevant food in both verses as “meat,” within statements about refraining from eating so that a brother is not harmed. This rendering confirms the verses’ setting rather than isolating every contribution of the Greek form.

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