Strong's Lexicon
G2719 — κατεσθίω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2719 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κατεσθίω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2596 and G2068 (including its alternate) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 14 |
| Transliteration: | katesthio |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-es-thee'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to eat down, i.e. devour {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | devour |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταφάγω, see κατεσθίω.
STRONGS NT 2719: κατεσθίωκατεσθίω, participle plural κατεσθοντες (Mar 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., Lev 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 (Joh 2:17 G L T Tr WH; see ἐσθίω); 2 aorist κατέφαγον; the Sept. for àÈëÇì;
1. properly, to consume by eating, to eat up, devour: τί, of birds, Mat 13:4; Mar 4:4; Luk 8:5; of a dragon, Rev 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 Eze 2:10; Eze 3:1-3, cf. Jer 15:16): Rev 10:9 f.
2. Metaphorically, in various uses;
a. to devour i. e. squander, waste, substance: Luk 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.; Mar 12:40 (cf. Buttmann, 79 (69); Winer’s Grammar, § 29, 2); Luk 20:47.
c. with an accusative of the person α. to strip one of his goods: 2Co 11:20. β. to ruin (by the infliction of injuries): Gal 5:15.
d. of fire, to devour i. e. utterly consume, destroy: τινα, Rev 11:5; Rev 20:9.
e. of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions: τινα, Joh 2:17 (Psa 68:10 (); Josephus, Antiquities 7, 8, 1).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατεσθίω (devour)
Matthew 13:4
- KJV: And when he sowed some fell by the way side and the fowls came and devoured them up
- GK: και εν τω σπείρειν αυτόν α μεν έπεσε παρά την οδόν και ήλθε τα πετεινά και κατέφαγεν αυτά
Matthew 23:14
- KJV: 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
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί ότι κλείετε την βασιλείαν των ουρανών έμπροσθεν των ανθρώπων υμείς γαρ ουκ εισέρχεσθε ουδέ τους εισερχομένους αφίετε εισελθείν
Mark 4:4
- KJV: And it came to pass as he sowed some fell by the way side and the fowls of the air came and it up
- GK: και εγένετο εν τω σπείρειν ο μεν έπεσε παρά την οδόν και ήλθε τα πετεινά του ουρανού και κατέφαγεν αυτό
Mark 12:40
- KJV: Which devour widows’ houses and for a pretence make long prayers these shall receive greater damnation
- GK: οι κατεσθίοντες τας οικίας των χηρών και προφάσει μακρά προσευχόμενοι ούτοι λήψονται περισσότερον κρίμα
Luke 8:5
- KJV: 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
- GK: εξήλθεν ο σπείρων του σπείραι τον σπόρον εαυτού και εν τω σπείρειν αυτόν ο μεν έπεσε παρά την οδόν και κατεπατήθη και τα πετεινά του ουρανού κατέφαγεν αυτό
Luke 15:30
- KJV: But as soon as this thy son was come which hath devoured thy living with harlots thou hast killed for him the fatted calf
- GK: ότε δε ο υιός σου ούτος ο καταφαγών σου τον βίον μετά πορνών ήλθεν έθυσας αυτώ τον μόσχον τον σιτευτόν
Luke 20:47
- KJV: Which devour widows’ houses and for a shew make long prayers the same shall receive greater damnation
- GK: οι κατεσθίουσι τας οικίας των χηρών και προφάσει μακρά προσεύχονται ούτοι λήψονται περισσότερον κρίμα
John 2:17
- KJV: And his disciples remembered that it was written The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up
- GK: εμνήσθησαν δε οι μαθηταί αυτού ότι γεγραμμένον εστίν ο ζήλος του οίκου σου κατέφαγε με
2 Corinthians 11:20
- KJV: For ye suffer if a man bring you into bondage if a man devour if a man take if a man exalt himself if a man smite you on the face
- GK: ανέχεσθε γαρ ει υμάς καταδουλοί ει κατεσθίει ει λαμβάνει ει επαίρεται ει υμάς εις πρόσωπον δέρει
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