Strong's Greek #2719 - κατεσθίω katesthió (to eat up)

From kata and esthio (including its alternate); to eat down, i.e. Devour (literally or figuratively) -- devour.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK esthio

Strong's 2719: καταφάγω

STRONGS NT 2719: κατεσθίωκατεσθίω, 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 (); Josephus, Antiquities 7, 8, 1).

Strong's Greek: 2719. κατεσθίω (katesthió) — 15 Occurrences

Matthew 13:4 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: τὰ πετεινὰ κατέφαγεν αὐτά
NAS: and the birds came and ate them up.
KJV: devoured them up:
INT: the birds [and] devoured them

Matthew 23:14 - V-PIA-2P
GRK: ὑποκριταί ὅτι κατεσθίετε τὰς οἰκίας
KJV: for ye devour widows'
INT: hypocrites for you devour the houses

Mark 4:4 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτό
NAS: and the birds came and ate it up.
KJV: devoured it up.
INT: birds and devoured it

Mark 12:40 - V-PPA-NMP
GRK: οἱ κατεσθίοντες τὰς οἰκίας
NAS: who devour widows' houses,
KJV: Which devour widows' houses,
INT: who devour the houses

Luke 8:5 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατέφαγεν αὐτό
NAS: and the birds of the air ate it up.
KJV: the fowls of the air devoured it.
INT: of the air devoured it

Luke 15:30 - V-APA-NMS
GRK: οὗτος ὁ καταφαγών σου τὸν
NAS: came, who has devoured your wealth
KJV: which hath devoured thy
INT: this the [one] having devoured your

Luke 20:47 - V-PIA-3P
GRK: οἳ κατεσθίουσιν τὰς οἰκίας
NAS: who devour widows' houses,
KJV: Which devour widows' houses,
INT: who devour the houses

John 2:17 - V-FIM-3S
GRK: οἴκου σου καταφάγεταί με
NAS: ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME.
KJV: hath eaten me up.
INT: house of you will consume me

2 Corinthians 11:20 - V-PIA-3S
GRK: εἴ τις κατεσθίει εἴ τις
NAS: you, anyone devours you, anyone
KJV: if a man devour [you], if a man
INT: if anyone devours [you] if anyone

Galatians 5:15 - V-PIA-2P
GRK: δάκνετε καὶ κατεσθίετε βλέπετε μὴ
NAS: you bite and devour one
KJV: and devour one another,
INT: you bite and devour take heed lest

Revelation 10:9 - V-AMA-2S
GRK: Λάβε καὶ κατάφαγε αὐτό καὶ
NAS: to me, Take it and eat it; it will make
KJV: eat it up; and it shall make
INT: Take and eat up it and

Revelation 10:10 - V-AIA-1S
GRK: ἀγγέλου καὶ κατέφαγον αὐτό καὶ
NAS: hand and ate it, and in my mouth
KJV: ate it up; and it was
INT: angel and ate up it and

Revelation 11:5 - V-PIA-3S
GRK: αὐτῶν καὶ κατεσθίει τοὺς ἐχθροὺς
NAS: out of their mouth and devours their enemies;
KJV: mouth, and devoureth their enemies:
INT: of them and devours the enemies

Revelation 12:4 - V-ASA-3S
GRK: τέκνον αὐτῆς καταφάγῃ
NAS: she gave birth he might devour her child.
KJV: for to devour her
INT: child of her he might devour

Revelation 20:9 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτούς
NAS: from heaven and devoured them.
KJV: heaven, and devoured them.
INT: heaven and devoured them