katesthiō · consume, devour

What it means

katesthiō (κατεσθίω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “consume, devour”.

Eat up, devour, consume.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To finish off food entirely, or use up what others have.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• ate ×4
• devour ×4
• devours ×2
• consumed ×1
• eat ×1
• has devoured ×1
• will consume ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×2
• Luke×3
• John×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1
• Revelation×5

• Matthew 13:4

  And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up.

• Mark 4:4

  And it happened as he sowed that some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

• Mark 12:40

  who devour the houses of widows and as a pretext pray long prayers. These will receive the greater condemnation.”

• Luke 8:5

  “The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up.

• Luke 15:30

  but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you slaughtered for him the fattened calf!’

• Luke 20:47

  who devour the houses of widows and as a pretext pray long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

• John 2:17

  His disciples remembered that it is written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

• 2 Corinthians 11:20

  For you bear it if someone enslaves you, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you in the face.

• Galatians 5:15

  But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

• Revelation 10:9

  And I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little scroll. And he says to me, “Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”

• Revelation 10:10

  And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter.

• Revelation 11:5

  And if anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and if anyone wants to harm them, in this way he must be killed.

• Revelation 12:4

  And his tail sweeps away a third of the stars of heaven, and it threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

• Revelation 20:9

  And they went up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city; and fire came down from heaven and consumed them.