To devour
κατεσθίωStrong’s G2719katesthiō
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katesthiō is the Greek word usually translated “devoured”, “devour” and “devours”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:”
Meaning
Usually translated “devoured”, “devour” and “devours”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- devoured 4
- devour 2
- devours 2
- you devour 1
- devouring 1
- having devoured 1
- will consume 1
- do eat 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 5
- Luke 3
- Matthew 2
- Mark 2
- John 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 23:14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
- Mark 4:4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
- Mark 12:40Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
- Luke 8:5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
- Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
- Luke 20:47Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Greek dictionary
κατεσθίω katesthiō · to devour
κατ-εσθίω ("perfective" comp. of ἐσθίω, which see, and cf. M, Pr., 111) [in LXX chiefly for אָכַל ;] to eat up, devour: with accusative, of seed, Mat.13:4, Mrk.4:4, Luk.8:5; τέκνον, Rev.12:4; βιβλαρίδιον, Rev.10:9-10; metaphorically, οἰκίας, Mat.23:13, Mrk.12:40, Luk.20:47; τ. βίον, Luk.15:30; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.2:17 (LXX), 2Co.11:20, Gal.5:15, Rev.11:5 20:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “devour” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEVOUR, verb transitive
[Latin, to eat.]
- To eat up; to eat with greediness; to eat ravenously, as a beast of prey, or as a hungry man.“We will say, some evil beast hath devoured him” Genesis 37:20“In the morning, he shall devour the prey” Genesis 49:27
- To destroy; to consume with rapidity and violence.“I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad” Amos 1:4“Famine and pestilence shall devour him” Ezekiel 7:15
- To destroy; to annihilate; to consume.
- To waste; to consume; to spend in dissipation and riot.“As soon as this thy son had come, who hath devoured thy living with harlots” Luke 15:30
All definitions
- To consume wealth and substance by fraud, oppression, or illegal exactions.“Ye devour widows houses” Matthew 23:14
- To destroy spiritually; to ruin the soul.“Your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” 1 Peter 5:8
- To slay.
- To enjoy with avidity.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.