- Original: κατεσθίω
- Transliteration: Katesthio
- Phonetic: kat-es-thee'-o
- Definition:
1. to consume by eating, to eat up, devour
a. of birds
b. of a dragon
c. of a man eating up the little book
2. metaph.
a. to devour i.e. squander, waste: substance
b. to devour i.e. forcibly appropriate: widows' property
c. to strip one of his goods
1. to ruin (by the infliction of injuries)
d. by fire, to devour i.e. to utterly consume, destroy
e. of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions
- Origin: from
G2596 and
G2068 (including its alternate)
- TDNT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: From
G2596 and
G2068 (including its alternate); to eat down that is devour (literally or figuratively): - devour.
Total KJV Occurrences: 8
• devour, 3
2 Corinthians 11:20;
Galatians 5:15;
Revelation 12:4
• devoured, 1
Revelation 20:9
• devoureth, 1
Revelation 11:5
• up, 3
Joh 2:17;
Revelation 10:9;
Revelation 10:10