ΔΙΑΦΑΓΕΙΝ, διαφαγειν
DIAPHAGEIN, diaphagein
Sounds Like: dee-ah-fah-GEIN
Translations: to eat through, to devour, to consume, to destroy
From the root: ΔΙΑΦΑΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is an infinitive form of the verb 'διαφάγω', meaning 'to eat through' or 'to devour completely'. It implies a thorough or destructive consumption, often used in a figurative sense to mean 'to destroy' or 'to consume entirely'. It can describe something being eaten away or destroyed by a process.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1274 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 1:19
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