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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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 14 times in 14 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:4 - and as he sowed, G4687 some G3739 G3303 seeds fell G4098 beside G3844 the road, G3598 and the birds G4071 came G2064 and ate G2719 them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:4 - as he was sowing, G4687 some G3739 G3303 seed fell G4098 beside G3844 the road, G3598 and the birds G4071 came G2064 and ate G2719 it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:40 - who devour G2719 widows’ G5503 houses, G3614 and for appearance’s G4392 sake G4392 offer G4336 long G3117 prayers; G4336 these G3778 will receive G2983 greater G4053 condemnation.” G2917

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:5 - “The sower G4687 went G1831 out to sow G4687 his seed; G4703 and as he sowed, G4687 some G3739 G3303 fell G4098 beside G3844 the road, G3598 and it was trampled G2662 under G2662 foot G2662 and the birds G4071 of the [fn]air G3772 ate G2719 it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:30 - but when G3753 this G3778 son G5207 of yours G4771 came, G2064 who has devoured G2719 your [fn]wealth G979 with prostitutes, G4204 you killed G2380 the fattened G4618 calf G3448 for him.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:47 - who G3739 devour G2719 widows’ G5503 houses, G3614 and for appearance’s G4392 sake G4392 offer G4336 long G3117 prayers. G4336 These G3778 will receive G2983 greater G4053 condemnation.” G2917

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:17 - His disciples G3101 remembered G3403 that it was written, G1125 “ZEAL G2205 FOR YOUR HOUSE G3624 WILL CONSUME G2719 ME.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:20 - For you tolerate G430 it if G1487 anyone G5100 enslaves G2615 you, anyone G5100 devours G2719 you, anyone G5100 takes G2983 advantage of you, anyone G5100 exalts G1869 himself, anyone G5100 hits G1194 you in the face. G4383

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 5:15 - But if G1487 you bite G1143 and devour G2719 one G240 another, G240 take G991 care G991 that you are not consumed G355 by one G240 another. G240

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:9 - So G2532 I went G565 to the angel, G32 telling G3004 him to give G1325 me the little G974 book. G974 And he *said G3004 to me, “Take G2983 it and eat G2719 it; it will make G4087 your stomach G2836 bitter, G4087 but in your mouth G4750 it will be sweet G1099 as honey.” G3192

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:10 - I took G2983 the little G974 book G974 out of the angel’s G32 hand G5495 and ate G2719 it, and in my mouth G4750 it was sweet G1099 as honey; G3192 and when G3753 I had eaten G2068 it, my stomach G2836 was made G4087 bitter. G4087

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:5 - And if G1487 anyone G5100 wants G2309 to harm G91 them, fire G4442 flows G1607 out of their mouth G4750 and devours G2719 their enemies; G2190 so G2532 if G1487 anyone G5100 wants G2309 to harm G91 them, he must G1163 be killed G615 in this G3779 way. G3779

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:4 - And his tail G3769 *swept G4951 away G4951 a third G5154 of the stars G792 of heaven G3772 and threw G906 them to the earth. G1093 And the dragon G1404 stood G2476 before G1799 the woman G1135 who was about G3195 to give G5088 birth, G5088 so G2443 that when G3752 she gave G5088 birth G5088 he might devour G2719 her child. G5043

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:9 - And they came G305 up on the [fn]broad G4114 plain G4114 of the earth G1093 and surrounded G6059 the camp G3925 of the [fn]saints G40 and the beloved G25 city, G4172 and fire G4442 came G2597 down G2597 from heaven G3772 and devoured G2719 them.
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