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Lexicon :: Strong's G2719 - katesthiō

Aa
κατεσθίω
Transliteration
katesthiō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-es-thee'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From κατά (G2596) and ἐσθίω (G2068) (including its alternate)
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Strong’s Definitions

κατεσθίω katesthíō, kat-es-thee'-o; from G2596 and G2068 (including its alternate); to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively):—devour.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G2719 in the following manner: devour (10x), eat up (3x), devour up (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G2719 in the following manner: devour (10x), eat up (3x), devour up (2x).

  1. to consume by eating, to eat up, devour

    1. of birds

    2. of a dragon

    3. of a man eating up the little book

  2. metaph.

    1. to devour i.e. squander, waste: substance

    2. to devour i.e. forcibly appropriate: widows' property

    3. to strip one of his goods

      1. to ruin (by the infliction of injuries)

    4. by fire, to devour i.e. to utterly consume, destroy

    5. of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατεσθίω katesthíō, kat-es-thee'-o; from G2596 and G2068 (including its alternate); to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively):—devour.
STRONGS G2719:
κατεσθίω, participle plural κατεσθοντες (Mark 12:40 Tr WH; see ἐσθίω and ἔσθω; cf. Fritzsche, Hdbch. z. d. Apokryphen, i., p. 150 (who says, 'The shorter form occurs frequently in the Sept., Leviticus 19:26; Sir. 20:15 (16), elsewhere almost exclusively poetic; see Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Sprachl. ii., p. 185' (cf. Veitch, under the word, ἐσθίω))); future καταφάγομαι (John 2:17 G L T Tr WH; see ἐσθίω); 2 aorist κατέφαγον; the Sept. for אָכַל;
1. properly, to consume by eating, to eat up, devour: τί, of birds, Matthew 13:4; Mark 4:4; Luke 8:5; of a dragon, Revelation 12:4; of a man, eating up the little book, i. e. eagerly taking its entire contents into his inmost soul, and, as we say, digesting it (borrowed from the figure in Ezekiel 2:10; Ezekiel 3:1-3, cf. Jeremiah 15:16): Revelation 10:9f.
2. Metaphorically, in various uses;
a. to devour i. e. squander, waste, substance: Luke 15:30 (often so in Greek writings from Homer, Odyssey 3, 315; 15, 12 down; devorare patrimonium, Catull. 29, 23).
b. to devour i. e. forcibly appropriate: τάς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν, widows' property, Matthew 23:14-13Rec.; Mark 12:40 (cf. Buttmann, 79 (69); Winer's Grammar, § 29, 2); Luke 20:47.
c. with an accusative of the person
α. to strip one of his goods: 2 Corinthians 11:20.
β. to ruin (by the infliction of injuries): Galatians 5:15.
d. of fire, to devour i. e. utterly consume, destroy: τινα, Revelation 11:5; Revelation 20:9.
e. of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions: τινα, John 2:17 (Psalm 68:10 (Ps. 69:10); Josephus, Antiquities 7, 8, 1).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
19:26
Psalms
68:10; 69:10
Jeremiah
15:16
Ezekiel
2:10; 3:1; 3:2; 3:3
Matthew
13:4
Mark
4:4; 12:40; 12:40
Luke
8:5; 15:30; 20:47
John
2:17; 2:17
2 Corinthians
11:20
Galatians
5:15
Revelation
10:9; 11:5; 12:4; 20:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2719 matches the Greek κατεσθίω (katesthiō),
which occurs 138 times in 124 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 31:15–Psa 14:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:15 - Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38 - These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4 - And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 - and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:12 - And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

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And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:24 - And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:2 - And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22 - And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:38 - And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 - And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32 - And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:35 - And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 -
For a fire is gone out of Heshbon,
A flame from the city of Sihon:
It hath devoured Ar of Moab,
The lords of the high places of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:38 - Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:51 - and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in all thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 -
For a fire is kindled in mine anger,
And burneth unto the lowest Sheol,
And devoureth the earth with its increase,
And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 -
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood,
And my sword shall devour flesh;
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the head of the leaders of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8 - For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country; and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 -
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
And fire out of his mouth devoured:
Coals were kindled by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - And of Jezebel also spake Jehovah, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:10 - And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:12 - And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:14 - Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties; but now let my life be precious in thy sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - Wherefore they came back, and told him. And he said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:1 - Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:13 -
The members of his body shall be devoured,
Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 -
All darkness is laid up for his treasures:
A fire not blown by man shall devour him;
It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:20 -
Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off,
And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 -
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And call not upon Jehovah?

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