Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Course of living or nourishment; what is eaten and drunk habitually; food; victuals; fare. 2. (n.) A course of food selected with reference to a particular state of health; prescribed allowance of food; regimen prescribed. 3. (v. t.) To cause to take food; to feed. 4. (v. t.) To cause to eat and drink sparingly, or by prescribed rules; to regulate medicinally the food of. 5. (v. i.) To eat; to take one's meals. 6. (v. i.) To eat according to prescribed rules; to ear sparingly; as, the doctor says he must diet. 7. (n.) A legislative or administrative assembly in Germany, Poland, and some other countries of Europe; a deliberative convention; a council; as, the Diet of Worms, held in 1521. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia DIET di'-et ('aruchah, "prescribed"): A daily allowance or portion of food, as that given by King Evil-merodach to Jehoiachin, king of Judah (Jeremiah 52:34 the King James Version; compare 2 Kings 25:30).

Multi-Version Concordance Diet (2 Occurrences) Mark 1:6 John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey. (See NAS) Jeremiah 52:34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. (KJV WBS)