| Strong#: | 2719 // katesyiw katesthio or katafagw kataphago |
| Orig: | v // from \\2596\\ and \\2068\\ (including its alternate) |
| NASB: | ==>ate(4), consume(1), devour(5), devoured(2), devours(2), eat(1). |
| AV=15 | ==>devour 10, eat up 3, devour up 2 |
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| Definition: | 1) to consume by eating, to eat up, devour
1a) of birds
1b) of a dragon
1c) of a man eating up the little book
2) metaph.
2a) to devour i.e. squander, waste: substance
2b) to devour i.e. forcibly appropriate: widows' property
2c) to strip one of his goods
1c1) to ruin (by the infliction of injuries)
2d) by fire, to devour i.e. to utterly consume, destroy
2e) of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by
strong emotions
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| NASB: | to eat up: |
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