Quick Definition
καταναλίσκω v. I consume utterly
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 355; to consume utterly
KJV Usage: consume
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κατά + ἀνά + ἁλίσκομαι | ἅλωσις
20.48 · Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill · Destroy
to destroy completely, to consume completely to destroy completely, with the possible implication of something being used up or consumed
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατ-αν-αλίσκω ; (see ἀνηλίσκω, and κατά, III. 4); to consume: of fire, Heb. xii. 29 after Deut. iv. 243; ix. 3. (In Grk. writ. fr. Xen. and Plat. down; Sept. several times for or.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταναλίσκω katanaliskō 1x
to consume, as fire, Heb. 12:29*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατ-αν-αλίσκω,
[in LXX chiefly for אכל;]
to use up, spend.
to consume: of fire, ptcp., He 12:29(LXX).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταναλίσκω. This expressive compound (Heb 12%) is found in a woman’s complaint against her husband—PSI I. 41°° (iv/A.pD.) εἴθε μὴ τεθέαμαι αὐτόν, .. . κατηνάλωσεν yap τὰ ἡμέτερα. Cf. also Sy// 306%° (mid. 11.8.6.) καταναλισκέσθω 6 τόκος εἰς παιδευτάς.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταναλίσκω (katanaliskō) — to consume. κατανᾱλ-ίσκω, imperfect -ανάλισκον [Refs 6th c.BC+]: pluperfect -ανηλώκει (intransitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: but aorist -ηνάλωσα [Refs 6th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist -αναλωθῆναι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; subjunctive -αναλωθῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; indicative -ηναλώθησαν [Refs]: perfect -ανήλωμαι [Refs 6th c.BC+] codices; infinitive [Refs 1st c.AD+]:— use up, spend, lavish, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; εἴς τι upon a thing, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; of space in a treatise, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, with pluperfect active, to be lavished, [Refs 5th c.BC+] [prev. cited]
2. consume, [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2.160b; devour fuel, of fire, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; later, eat, [ἰχθύν] [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, ἡ τροφὴ κ. εἰς τὴν αὔξησιν, εἰς τὸ σῶμα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]