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GreekG2719Verb

κατεσθίω

katesthiō

15Occurrences
G2719Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively)

from G2596 (κατά) and G2068 (ἐσθίω) (including its alternate);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
("perfective" comp. of ἐσθίω, which see, and cf. M, Pr., 111) to eat up, devour: with accusative, of seed,; τέκνον; βιβλαρίδιον; metaphorically, οἰκίας,; βίον.
LXX: chiefly for אָכַל

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

κατεσθίω appears 15 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
5
Luke
3
Matthew
2
Mark
2
2 Corinthians
1
Galatians
1
John
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 11:20BSB

In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

Luke 15:30BSB

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

Matthew 13:4BSB

And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Mark 4:4BSB

And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Revelation 11:5BSB

If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.