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Strong's G2719 · Greek

κατεσθίω

katesthio

from 2596 and 2068 (including its alternate); to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κατ-εσθίω (G2719)

14 κατ-εσθίω ("perfective" comp. of ἐσθίω , q.v., and cf. M, Pr. , 111), [in LXX chiefly for אכל ;] to eat up , devour : c. acc., of seed, Mt 13:4 , Mk 4:4 , Lk 8:5 ; τέκνον , Re 12:4 ; βιβλαρίδιον , Re 10:9 , 10 ; metaph., οἰκίας , Mt 23:13 , Mk 12:40 , Lk 20:47 ; τ. βίον , Lk 15:30 ; c. acc. pers., Jo 2:17 (LXX) , II Co 11:20 , Ga 5:15 , Re 11:5 20:9 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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