καταφάγω, see κατεσθίω. STRONGS NT 2719: κατεσθίωκατεσθίω, participle plural κατεσθοντες (Mar_12:40 Tr WH; see ἐσθίω and ἔσθω; cf. Fritzsche, Hdbch. z. d. Apokryphen, i., p. 150 (who says, 'The shorter form occurs frequently in the Sept., Lev_19:26; Sir_20:15 (16), elsewhere almost exclusively poetic; see Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Sprachl. ii., p. 185' (cf. Veitch, under the word, ἐσθίω))); future καταφάγομαι (Joh_2:17 G L T Tr WH; see ἐσθίω); 2 aorist κατέφαγον; the Sept. for ΰΘλΗμ; 1. properly, to consume by eating, to eat up, devour: τί, of birds, Mat_13:4; Mar_4:4; Luk_8:5; of a dragon, Rev_12:4; of a man, eating up the little book, i. e. eagerly taking its entire contents into his inmost soul, and, as we say, digesting it (borrowed from the figure in Eze_2:10; Eze_3:1-3, cf. Jer_15:16): Rev_10:9 f. 2. Metaphorically, in various uses; a. to devour i. e. squander, waste, substance: Luk_15:30 (often so in Greek writings from Homer, Odyssey 3, 315; 15, 12 down;devorare patrimonium, Catull. 29, 23). b. to devour i. e. forcibly appropriate: τάς οἰκίας τῶν χηρῶν, widows' property, Matthew 23:14-1 3Rec.; Mar_12:40 (cf. Buttmann, 79 (69); Winer's Grammar, § 29, 2); Luk_20:47. c. with an accusative of the person α. to strip one of his goods: 2Co_11:20. β. to ruin (by the infliction of injuries): Gal_5:15. d. of fire, to devour i. e. utterly consume, destroy: τινα, Rev_11:5; Rev_20:9. e. of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions: τινα, Joh_2:17 (Psa_68:10 (); Josephus, Antiquities 7, 8, 1).

κατεσθίω katesthiō 14x also spelled κατέσθω , to eat up, devour, Mat_13:4 ; to consume, Rev_11:5 , to expend, squander, Luk_15:30 ; met. to make a prey of, plunder, Mat_23:13 ; Mar_12:40 ; Luk_20:47 ; 2Co_11:20 ; to annoy, injure, Gal_5:15 de vour; eat.

κατ -εσθίω ("perfective" comp. of ἐσθίω , q.v. , and cf. M , Pr., 111), [in LXX chiefly for H398 ;] to eat up, devour: c . acc , of seed, Mat_13:4 , Mar_4:4 , Luk_8:5 ; τέκνον , Rev_12:4 ; βιβλαρίδιον , Rev_10:9-10 ; metaph ., οἰκίας , Mat_23:13 , Mar_12:40 , Luk_20:47 ; τ . βίον , Luk_15:30 ; c . acc pers ., Joh_2:17 ( LXX ), 2Co_11:20 , Gal_5:15 , Rev_11:5 ; Rev_20:9 .† (κατα -φάγω G5315 ), see (κατεσθίω . = G2719 )

κατεσθίω [page 336] The perfective force of this verb (cf. Proleg. pp. 111, 115) is well seen in P Ryl II. 152 .18 (A.D., 42), a complaint of damage to pasturage by sheep which κατενέμησαν καὶ κατέφαγαν καὶ τοῖς ὅλοις ἠφάνισαν , overran, cropped, and. utterly destroyed it (Edd.) : cf. P Flor II. 150 .6 (A.D. 267) of crops ἀπὸ τῶν μυῶν κατεσθιόμενα , and P Oxy I. 58 .6, .10 (A.D. 288) with reference to the multitude of officials who were swallowing up the estates of the treasury along with its surplus βουλόμενοι τὰς ταμιακὰς οὐσίας κατεστείειν ( l. κατεσθίειν ) . . τὰ δὲ περιγεινόμενα κατεστείουσιν ( l. κατεσθίουσιν ). For the fut. καταφάγομαι , as in Joh_2:17 from the LXX, cf. P Iand 26 .23 (A.D. 98) ἐφ᾽ ᾧ καταφάγοντ̣α̣ι ( sc. τὰ πρόβατα ), and with the shorter form of the part. κατέσθοντες in Mar_12:40 cf. the magic P Lond 46 .268 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 73) ὑπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων σου ἡ κοιλία κατέσθεται .

κατεσθίω fut. κατέδομαι aor2 κατέφα^γον [Etym: v. καταφαγεῖν] perf. κατεδήδοκα epic κατέδηδα perf. pass. κατεδήδεσμαι "to eat up, devour", of animals of prey, Hom. ; of men, "to eat up", Od. , Hdt. "to eat up or devour" one's substance, Ar. , Dem. λίθοι κατεδηδεσμένοι ὑπὸ σηπεδόνος "corroded", Plat.

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)