trogo describes eating, whether bread, flesh, or ordinary food in the verses where it occurs.

The attested uses describe eating: most often a person characterized as eating flesh, the speaker, or bread in John 6:54, John 6:56, John 6:57, and John 6:58; also eating bread in John 13:18 and ordinary eating before the flood in Matthew 24:38.

1. Eating as the defining action of a person · dominant

   The singular present active participle identifies “the one” who performs the action in John 6:54, John 6:56, John 6:57, and John 6:58. In John 6:54 the APB renders the clause “The one eating my flesh and drinking my blood has eternal life,” while John 6:56 and John 6:57 connect the one eating with remaining and living through the speaker; John 6:58 names “this bread” as the object eaten.

   John 6:54John 6:56John 6:57John 6:58
2. Eating in narrative settings · common

   In John 13:18, the singular participle occurs in the clause the APB renders, “The one who eats my bread has lifted his heel against me.” In Matthew 24:38, the plural present active participle occurs among the activities before the flood, rendered “eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage.”

   John 13:18Matthew 24:38

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB uses “eats,” “eating,” and “The one eating” in clauses involving bread, flesh, the speaker, or ordinary activity. These are presentations of the whole clauses rather than definitions.