Katesthiō κατεσθίω

Katesthiō (Greek κατεσθίω, Strong's G2719) is a Greek verb meaning “to devour”. It occurs 15 times in 15 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Katesthiō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 13:4
  And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
• Matthew 23:14
  Woe 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.(not included in this translation)

Mark

• Mark 4:4
  And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
• Mark 12:40
  Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

Luke

• Luke 8:5
  A 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.“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.
• Luke 15:30
  But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
• Luke 20:47
  Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

John

• John 2:17
  And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 11:20
  For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.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.

Galatians

• Galatians 5:15
  But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

Revelation

• Revelation 10:9
  And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.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.”
• Revelation 10:10
  And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.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.
• Revelation 11:5
  And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.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.
• Revelation 12:4
  And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.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.
• Revelation 20:9
  And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).