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Lexicon :: Strong's G2719 - katesthiō

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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 138 times in 124 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 31:15–Psa 14:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:15 - “Are we not considered strangers by him? For he has sold us, and also completely consumed our money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38 - “These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried their young, and I have not eaten the rams of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - “Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - “In the uppermost basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:4 - And the ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine looking and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:20 - “And the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat cows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:5 - ‘And they shall cover the face of the earth, so that no one will be able to see the earth; and they shall eat the residue of what is left, which remains to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree which grows up for you out of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:12 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land—all that the hail has left.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:7 - And in the greatness of Your excellence
You have overthrown those who rose against You;
You sent forth Your wrath;
It consumed them like stubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 9:24 - and fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:2 - So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22 - I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number;
and your highways shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:38 - You shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:1 - Now when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; for the LORD heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - “Please do not let her be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:32 - And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:35 - And a fire came out from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:28 - “For fire went out from Heshbon,
A flame from the city of Sihon;
It consumed Ar of Moab,
The lords of the heights of the Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:10 - and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:38 - “You shall carry much seed out to the field but gather little in, for the locust shall consume it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - “You shall plant vineyards and tend them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:51 - “And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - “so that he will not give any of them the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - “her placenta which comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of everything in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:22 - For a fire is kindled in My anger,
And shall burn to the lowest hell;
It shall consume the earth with her increase,
And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
And My sword shall devour flesh,
With the blood of the slain and the captives,
From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the Angel of the LORD put out the end of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire rose out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the Angel of the LORD departed out of his sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - And the bramble said to the trees,
‘If in truth you anoint me as king over you,
Then come and take shelter in my shade;
But if not, let fire come out of the bramble
And devour the cedars of Lebanon!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - “But if not, let fire come from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and Beth Millo; and let fire come from the men of Shechem and from Beth Millo and devour Abimelech!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:26 - Then Abner called to Joab and said, “Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the latter end? How long will it be then until you tell the people to return from pursuing their brethren?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:8 - For the battle there was scattered over the face of the whole countryside, and the woods devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:9 - Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:4 - “The dogs shall eat whoever belongs to Baasha and dies in the city, and the birds of the air shall eat whoever dies in the fields.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:23 - “And concerning Jezebel the LORD also spoke, saying, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall[fn] of Jezreel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:10 - So Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:12 - So Elijah answered and said to them, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:14 - “Look, fire has come down from heaven and burned up the first two captains of fifties with their fifties. But let my life now be precious in your sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her.’ ” And he opened the door and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - Therefore they came back and told him. And he said, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:1 - When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:13 - “When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:13 - It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:26 - Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
An unfanned fire will consume him;
It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:20 - ‘Surely our adversaries[fn] are cut down,
And the fire consumes their remnant.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And do not call on the LORD?

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