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Strong G2719κατεσθίω

to devour

Transliteration
katesthiō
Pronunciation
kat-es-thee'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and G2068 (including its alternate); to eat down that is devour (literally or figuratively): - devour.

Detailed definition

κατ-εσθίω
("perfective" comp. of ἐσθίω, which see, and cf. M, Pr., 111) [in LXX chiefly for אָכַל;]
to eat up, devour: with accusative, of seed, Mat.13:4, Mrk.4:4, Luk.8:5; τέκνον, Rev.12:4; βιβλαρίδιον, Rev.10:9-10; metaphorically, οἰκίας, Mat.23:13, Mrk.12:40, Luk.20:47; τ. βίον, Luk.15:30; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.2:17 (LXX), 2Co.11:20, Gal.5:15, Rev.11:5 20:9.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2719 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • devour11
  • up5
  • eat3
  • devoureth1

First verses

  1. Matthew 13:4
    And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
  2. Matthew 23:14
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
  3. Mark 4:4
    And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
  4. Mark 12:40
    Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
  5. Luke 8:5
    A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
  6. Luke 15:30
    But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
  7. Luke 20:47
    Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
  8. John 2:17
    And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
  9. 2 Corinthians 11:20
    For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
  10. Galatians 5:15
    But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
  11. Revelation 10:9
    And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
  12. Revelation 10:10
    And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
  13. Revelation 11:5
    And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
  14. Revelation 12:4
    And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
  15. Revelation 20:9
    And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κατεσθίω,
poetry and later κατερῡκ-έσθω [NT+5th c.BC+ (“APl.” 4.240 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus), NT.Mark.12.40, “Dialexeis 5th c.BC” 2.14)] (passive, 1.5, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PMag.Lond.” 46.279 (4th c.AD)))]: future κατέδομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.89, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.363, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 588:)]aorist κατέφαγον (see. καταφαγεῖν): perfect κατεδήδοκα [Refs ([prev. author] “V.” 838, “Pax” 386, etc.)]; participle κατὰ.. ἐδηδώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.542)]:—passive, perfect κατεδήδεσμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 11o e, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 161.3)]: aorist κατηδέσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 35)]:—eat up, devour, in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)] frequently of animals of prey, λέων κατὰ ταῦρον ἐδηδώς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.542)]; of a serpent, [νεοσσοὺς] κατήσθιε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.314, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.256)]; of a dolphin, κατεσθίει ὅν κε λάβῃσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.24)]; also of men, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς.. ἤσθιον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.8)]; τοὺς γονέας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.38, compare 8.115, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 341; [τυρὸν] αὐτοῖς τοῖς ταλάροις κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 560)]; κατεδηδόκασι τὰ λάχαν᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 15.12: with _genitive_ _partitive_, κ. πολλῶν πουλύπων 5th-6th c.BC: Amipsias Comicus 6.)]
2 eat up, devour one's substance, τὰ κοινά, τὰ πατρῷα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 258, 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 239; τὰ ὄντα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 38.27; πατρῴαν οὐσίαν 4th c.BC: Anaxippus Comicus 1.32.)]
3 corrode, [ῥεύματα] κ. γνάθους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 19)]; λίθοι κατεδηδεσμένοι ὑπὸ σηπεδόνος Pl.[same place],[Refs 5th c.BC+ (compare “Dialexeis 5th c.BC” 1.5 (_passive_))]; of the wind, κ. τὰ ἄνθη [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.7.5)]:—passive, to be gnawed, [Refs ([prev. work] 5.17.7.)]
4 bite, τοῦ παλαιστοῦ τὸ οὖς [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.6.)]
5 κ. ἑαυτόν, metaphorically, of remorse, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 29.32, “Ep.” 256.)]