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Strong's #2719 - κατεσθίω
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- to consume by eating, to eat up, devour
- of birds
- of a dragon
- of a man eating up the little book
- metaph.
- to devour i.e. squander, waste: substance
- to devour i.e. forcibly appropriate: widows' property
- to strip one of his goods
- to ruin (by the infliction of injuries)
- by fire, to devour i.e. to utterly consume, destroy
- of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions
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κατεσθίω,
poet. and later κατερῡκ-έσθω APl. 4.240 (Phil.), Mark 12:40, Dialex. 2.14 (Pass., 1.5, PMag.Lond. 46.279 (iv A.D.)): fut. κατέδομαι Il. 22.89, Od. 21.363, Ar. Av. 588: aor. κατέφαγον (v. καταφαγεῖν): pf. κατεδήδοκα Id. V. 838, Pax 386, etc.; part. κατὰ.. ἐδηδώς Il. 17.542: — Pass., pf. κατεδήδεσμαι Pl. Phd. 11o e, Antiph. 161.3: aor. κατηδέσθην Pl.Com. 35: —
1. eat up, devour, in Hom. freq. of animals of prey, λέων κατὰ ταῦρον ἐδηδώς Il. 17.542; of a serpent, [ νεοσσοὺς] κατήσθιε 2.314, cf. Od. 12.256; of a dolphin, κατεσθίει ὅν κε λάβῃσιν Il. 21.24; also of men, οἳ κατὰ βοῦς.. ἤσθιον Od. 1.8; τοὺς γονέας Hdt. 3.38, cf. 8.115, E. Cyc. 341; [ τυρὸν] αὐτοῖς τοῖς ταλάροις κ. Ar. Ra. 560; κατεδηδόκασι τὰ λάχαν ' Alex. 15.12: c. gen. partit., κ. πολλῶν πουλύπων Amips. 6.
2. eat up, devour one's substance, τὰ κοινά, τὰ πατρῷα, Ar. Eq. 258, Antiph. 239; τὰ ὄντα D. 38.27; πατρῴαν οὐσίαν Anaxipp. 1.32.
3. corrode, [ ῥεύματα] κ. γνάθους Hp. VM 19; λίθοι κατεδηδεσμένοι ὑπὸ σηπεδόνος Pl.l.c., cf. Dialex. 1.5 (Pass.); of the wind, κ. τὰ ἄνθη Thphr. CP 2.7.5: — Pass., to be gnawed, ib. 5.17.7.
4. bite, τοῦ παλαιστοῦ τὸ οὖς Philostr. Im. 1.6.
5. κ. ἑαυτόν, metaph., of remorse, Lib. Or. 29.32, 256.
καταφάγω, see κατεσθίω.
STRONGS NT 2719: κατεσθίω 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
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κατ -εσθίω
("perfective" comp. of ἐσθίω , q.v., and cf. M, Pr., 111),
[in LXX chiefly for H398;]
to eat up, devour: c. acc, of seed, Matthew 13:4, Mark 4:4, Luke 8:5; τέκνον , Revelation 12:4; βιβλαρίδιον , Revelation 10:9-10; metaph., οἰκίας , Matthew 23:13, Mark 12:40, Luke 20:47; τ . βίον , Luke 15:30; c. acc pers., John 2:17 (LXX), 2 Corinthians 11:20, Galatians 5:15, Revelation 11:5; Revelation 20:9.†
(κατα -φάγω G5315), see (κατεσθίω . = G2719)
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The perfective force of this verb (cf. Proleg. pp. 111, 115) is well seen in P Ryl II. 152.18 (A.D., 42), a complaint of damage to pasturage by sheep which κατενέμησαν καὶ κατέφαγαν καὶ τοῖς ὅλοις ἠφάνισαν, ";overran, cropped, and. utterly destroyed it"; (Edd.) : cf. P Flor II. 150.6 (A.D. 267) of crops ἀπὸ τῶν μυῶν κατεσθιόμενα, and P Oxy I. 58.6, .10 (A.D. 288) with reference to the multitude of officials who were ";swallowing up"; the estates of the treasury along with its surplus—βουλόμενοι τὰς ταμιακὰς οὐσίας κατεστείειν (l. κατεσθίειν) . . τὰ δὲ περιγεινόμενα κατεστείουσιν (l. κατεσθίουσιν). For the fut. καταφάγομαι, as in John 2:17 from the LXX, cf. P Iand 26.23 (A.D. 98) ἐφ᾽ ᾧ καταφάγοντ ̣α ̣ι (sc. τὰ πρόβατα), and with the shorter form of the part. κατέσθοντες in Mark 12:40 cf. the magic P Lond 46.268 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 73) ὑπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων σου ἡ κοιλία κατέσθεται.
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