Strong's Number G2719

κατεσθίω

katesthio · kat-es-thee'-o

Transliteration:

katesthio{kat-es-thee'-o}or kataphago{kat-aph-ag'-o}

Word Origin:

from 2596 and 2068 (including its alternate)

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

devour 6, eat up 3, devour up 2

Total: 15
Occurs 14 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to consume by eating, to eat up, devour
1. of birds
2. of a dragon
3. of a man eating up the little book
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