Greek verb · G2719
κατεσθίω
katesthiokat-es-thee'-o
to devour
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: katesthíō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2719is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2719
to eat down, i.e. devour (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: devour.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
katesthio is rendered "to devour". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:4And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
Matthew 13:4κατέφαγεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's fourteen uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- devoured4
- devour2
- devours2
- devouring1
- do eat1
- having devoured1
- he may devour1
- I ate1
- will consume1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κατεργάζομαι | katergazomai | to workout/produce | Uses22 |
| κατέχω | katecho | to hold back/fast | Uses17 |
| κατέρχομαι | katerchomai | to descend | Uses16 |
| κατέναντι | katenanti | before | Uses8 |
| κατευθύνω | kateuthyno | to guide | Uses3 |
| κατενώπιον | katenopion | before | Uses3 |
| κατεξουσιάζω | katexousiazo | to rule | Uses2 |
| κατείδωλος | kateidolos | idolatrous | Uses1 |
| κατεφίστημι | katephistemi | to attack | Uses1 |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κατέφαγεν4
- κατεσθίει2
- κατάφαγε1
- καταφάγεταί1
- καταφάγῃ1
- καταφαγών1
- κατεσθίετε1
- κατεσθίοντες1
- κατεσθίουσιν1
- κατέφαγον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-2AAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-2AAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular1V-2AAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-2AAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-2AAS-3S
- verb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FDI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-PAI-2P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
Matthew
one use
And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
- κατέφαγενkatephagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: devoured
Mark
two uses
And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
- κατέφαγενkatephagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: devoured
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- κατεσθίοντεςkatesthiontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: devouring
Luke
three uses
“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
- κατέφαγενkatephagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: devoured
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
- καταφαγώνkataphagonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having devoured
They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
- κατεσθίουσινkatesthiousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: devour
John
one use
His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
- καταφάγεταίkataphagetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will consume
2 Corinthians
one use
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.
- κατεσθίειkatesthieiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: devours
Galatians
one use
But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
- κατεσθίετεkatesthieteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: devour
Revelation
five uses
And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
- κατάφαγεkataphageverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do eat
So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.
- κατέφαγονkatephagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I ate
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.
- κατεσθίειkatesthieiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: devours
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
- καταφάγῃkataphageverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may devour
And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
- κατέφαγενkatephagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: devoured
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.