Strong G355ἀναλίσκω

to consume

Transliteration
analiskō
Pronunciation
an-al-is'-ko
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G303 and a form of the alternate of G138; properly to use up that is destroy: - consume.

Detailed definition

ἀν-αλίσκω
(on the etymology, see MM, VGT, see word), [in LXX chiefly for אָכַל also for כָּלָה, etc.;]
1. to expend.

2. to consume, destroy: Luk.9:54, Gal.5:15, 2Th.2:8, Rec. WH, mg.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G355 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • consume3
  • ye1

First verses

  1. Luke 9:54
    And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
  2. Galatians 5:15
    But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
  3. 2 Thessalonians 2:8
    And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
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ἀνᾱλίσκω
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 337, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1131, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48)]:—also ἀνᾱλόω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 10, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 813, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 325, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 248, 5th-6th c.BC: Araros Comicus 10, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.24, +others, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 280, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 11.1)]: imperfect ἀνήλισκον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 552b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.2.16, ἀνάλισκον 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 3.58, ἀνάλουν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 220.2, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.45)]: future ἀνᾱλώσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 308, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 568d)]: aorist ἀνήλωσα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1049, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.18, etc., ἀνάλωσα [ᾱ] 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 681 (assuming variant))] and later: perfect ἀνήλωκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 26.3, etc., and ἀνάλωκα [ᾱ] 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64)] codices and later:—passive, future ἀνᾱλωθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 506, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.19, wrongly ἀνηλωθήσομαι “PRev.Laws” 51.17 (3rd c.BC), ἀνᾱλώσομαι 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.129:)]aorist ἀνηλώθην and ἀνᾱλώθην: perfect ἀνήλωμαι and ἀνάλωμαι:—in Attic Inscrr. both forms are found in 5th C, ἀναλίσκω only from 4th C onwards. The augmented forms are sometimes wrongly used, ἀνηλοῦντι[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“POxy.” 1143 (1st c.AD), ἀνηλώσῃ “PStrassb.” 92.17 (3rd c.BC))]; compare ἀνήλωμα: ἀνάλωσα is found at Amorgos, [Refs (“IG” 12(7).22.16, and at Delos, [prev. work]11(2).161 A 114)]:—use up, spend, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 381: _absolutely_, [prev. work] 248; τὰ ἀναλωθέντα ἀποδοῦναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.117)]; ἀ. εἴς τι spend upon a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.83, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 220, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 78a, “R.” 561a, +others; πρός τι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.19; ὑπὲρ φιλοτιμίας [prev. author] 18.66: with _dative_, Ἰσοκράτει ἀργύριον ἀ.)] spend money in paying him, [Refs ([prev. author] 35.40)]:—passive, τἀνηλωμένα the monies expended [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 18.113; τοῦτο γὰρ μόνον οὐκ ἔστι τἀνάλωμ᾽ ἀναλωθὲν λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 776.)]
2 metaphorically, ἀνήλωσας λόγον hast wasted words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1049, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 325; χρόνον καὶ πόνον ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369e; σώματα καὶ πόνους πολέμῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; τὴν τῶν προγόνων δόξαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 247b)]; ἀ. ὕπνον waste time in sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.27)]; λόγῳ ἀ. τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας diem eximere dicendo, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 30.)]
3 consume, σιτία[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 10; κρέα 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.4.10)]; of animals, in passive, to be eaten, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321b)]:— passive, to be expended, εἰς τὴν πιμελήν in forming fat, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 727b1, +others)]
II of persons, kill, destroy, τοὺς ἀναλωθέντας[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 570, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1174, “fragment” 892, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 681, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.65)]:—middle kill oneself, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.81)]: —passive, to be consumed, perish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 272d)]; to be disposed of, got rid of, [Refs ([prev. work] 289c.)](ἀνά, ἁλίσκομαι.)