ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΩΝ, καταφαγων
KATAPHAGŌN, kataphagōn
Sounds Like: kah-tah-fah-GOHN
Translations: having devoured, who devoured, devouring, consuming, eating up
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is the aorist active participle of the verb καταφάγω, meaning 'to eat up,' 'to consume,' or 'to devour.' As a participle, it describes an action performed by the subject, often functioning like an adjective or an adverb. It can be translated as a relative clause (e.g., 'the one who devoured') or an adverbial clause (e.g., 'after he devoured'). The prefix 'κατά-' intensifies the action of 'eating,' implying complete consumption.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine, Aorist Active Participle
Strong’s number: G2719 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Luke — 15:30
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 15:30
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΕ — devour, consume, eat up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΕΣΑΙ — you will eat up, you will devour, you will consume
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΕΤΕ — you eat up, you devour, you consume, you destroy
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΕΤΩ — let it devour, let it consume, let it eat up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΗ — devour, consume, eat up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΟΙΣ — you might devour, you might consume, you might eat up
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΟΙΣΑΝ — having devoured, having eaten up, having consumed
- ΚΑΤΑΦΑΓΩΣΙΝ — to eat up, to devour, to consume, to destroy
- ΚΑΤΕΦΑΓΟΣΑΝ — they ate up, they devoured, they consumed
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