βρῶσις, -εως, ἡ (cf. βιβρώσκω),

[in LXX chiefly for parts and derivatives of אכל ;]

__1. eating: β. καὶ πόσις, Rom.14:17, Col.2:16 (see Lft. ICC, in l.); with genitive obj. 1Co.8:4; metaphorically, corrosion, rust: Mat.6:19, 20.

__2. As also in cl. (Hom. al.) = βρῶμα, food: Jhn.6:27a, 2Co.9:10, Col.2:16 (EV, but see supr.). Heb.12:16; metaphorically, of spiritual nourishment, Jhn.4:32 6:27b, 55.†

(AS)

eating; food